Weather Records on 4 April 1942

537 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 1942. Highest significance: Kolar, IN.

Key Facts for 4 April 1942

On 4 April 1942, 537 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
253 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 514 daily.
Kolar set a daily record precipitation of 61.5 mm (2.4 in) on 4 April 1942.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

537 stations

537 station records on 4 April 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kolar	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Potkabari	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sironcha	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppathur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Azimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chodavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darwha	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Koilkuntla	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mysore	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wardha	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Andarai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Samastipur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pattukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mudukulathur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pudukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tarikere	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Viralimalai	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale Woodward Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tirumayam	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ko253Lpatti Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manbazar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colagaon	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kanakapura	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Theethandathanam	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paramakudi	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

537 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 188, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 4 April 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	188
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 4 April 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 514.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

427 broken records

Margins by which the 427 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 1942

Top 20 records on 4 April 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 1942	Kolar, IN	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1942	Potkabari, IN	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1942	Vanersborg, SE	monthly low min	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1942	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	monthly low min	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	57 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1942	Sironcha, IN	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1942	Tiruppathur, IN	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1942	Azimganj, IN	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1942	Tranebjerg, DK	monthly low min	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1942	Sandvig, DK	monthly low min	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1942	Chodavaram, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1942	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1942	Boras, SE	monthly low min	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	53 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1942	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	72 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1942	Darwha, IN	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1942	Bhagalpur, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1942	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily low min	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1942	Port Fairy Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1942	Koilkuntla, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1942	Mysore, IN	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1942	Wardha, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1794 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1942. 1942 had 537 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-04 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1808	1
1809	1
1815	2
1819	1
1853	1
1857	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1891	1
1892	6
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	4
1900	7
1901	12
1902	2
1903	17
1904	6
1905	23
1906	7
1907	9
1908	20
1909	15
1910	48
1911	55
1912	25
1913	31
1914	13
1915	52
1916	65
1917	36
1918	37
1919	27
1920	89
1921	205
1922	39
1923	101
1924	51
1925	126
1926	206
1927	203
1928	625
1929	1,320
1930	86
1931	201
1932	193
1933	167
1934	656
1935	402
1936	714
1937	344
1938	201
1939	243
1940	392
1941	353
1942	537
1943	456
1944	975
1945	806
1946	459
1947	397
1948	202
1949	458
1950	1,044
1951	352
1952	348
1953	332
1954	742
1955	448
1956	426
1957	984
1958	492
1959	524
1960	756
1961	525
1962	308
1963	586
1964	675
1965	443
1966	469
1967	438
1968	640
1969	424
1970	438
1971	560
1972	695
1973	511
1974	1,356
1975	1,981
1976	353
1977	780
1978	497
1979	984
1980	690
1981	1,393
1982	1,251
1983	1,202
1984	762
1985	865
1986	810
1987	2,317
1988	1,119
1989	668
1990	826
1991	957
1992	1,270
1993	733
1994	726
1995	935
1996	699
1997	1,538
1998	931
1999	1,575
2000	1,371
2001	1,040
2002	989
2003	1,055
2004	782
2005	1,070
2006	911
2007	1,009
2008	860
2009	1,068
2010	758
2011	1,155
2012	830
2013	938
2014	705
2015	452
2016	795
2017	603
2018	1,196
2019	407
2020	914
2021	1,341
2022	1,014
2023	2,058
2024	966
2025	1,330
2026	894

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	423
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1