Weather Records on 15 April 1943

1,037 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 April 1943. Highest significance: Puri, IN.

Key Facts for 15 April 1943

On 15 April 1943, 1,037 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 680 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 1,018 daily.
Puri set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 15 April 1943.
Across 159 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

1,037 stations

1,037 station records on 15 April 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 April 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ozena	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sutton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Penn Yan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,037 records

Records set or tied on 15 April 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 279, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 401, Heaviest daily rainfall 165, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 15 April 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	279
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	401
Heaviest daily rainfall	165
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 15 April 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 1,018.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

841 broken records

Margins by which the 841 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 630.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 April 1943

Top 20 records on 15 April 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 April 1943	Puri, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1943	Drevja, NO	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1943	Nord-Rana, NO	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1943	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1943	Soro, IN	monthly rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1943	Oxford, GB	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	69 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1943	Putbus, DE	daily high min	11.2 C (52.2 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	62 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1943	Bones I Bardu, NO	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1943	Busselton Shire, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1943	Ozena, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1943	Spencer, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1943	Jamestown, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1943	Putbus, DE	daily high max	21.3 C (70.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	73 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1943	Susendal, NO	monthly rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1943	Trenton 2, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	70 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1943	Bluefield 2 NW, US	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1943	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily high min	23.6 C (74.5 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	60 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1943	Goderich, CA	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	73 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1943	Fort Frances, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 April 1943	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	70 years	29 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

1801 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1943. 1943 had 1,037 records.

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

Records on 04-15 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1820	1
1844	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	1
1853	2
1855	2
1858	1
1862	3
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	8
1893	2
1894	1
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	9
1901	2
1902	4
1903	8
1904	39
1905	11
1906	20
1907	18
1908	15
1909	18
1910	16
1911	20
1912	24
1913	39
1914	17
1915	13
1916	15
1917	35
1918	40
1919	22
1920	50
1921	59
1922	94
1923	178
1924	172
1925	168
1926	453
1927	321
1928	631
1929	91
1930	289
1931	388
1932	150
1933	300
1934	339
1935	515
1936	439
1937	277
1938	596
1939	789
1940	581
1941	628
1942	525
1943	1,037
1944	313
1945	783
1946	245
1947	532
1948	306
1949	419
1950	568
1951	504
1952	357
1953	475
1954	896
1955	484
1956	750
1957	378
1958	458
1959	314
1960	319
1961	877
1962	733
1963	714
1964	382
1965	504
1966	464
1967	599
1968	476
1969	555
1970	841
1971	640
1972	896
1973	667
1974	385
1975	780
1976	1,566
1977	649
1978	426
1979	370
1980	1,066
1981	724
1982	955
1983	1,343
1984	612
1985	788
1986	1,140
1987	579
1988	839
1989	836
1990	837
1991	769
1992	783
1993	1,156
1994	835
1995	805
1996	1,173
1997	1,031
1998	1,752
1999	1,249
2000	1,163
2001	1,043
2002	1,866
2003	1,760
2004	761
2005	583
2006	1,637
2007	1,776
2008	1,157
2009	853
2010	804
2011	1,162
2012	1,007
2013	1,146
2014	1,721
2015	739
2016	602
2017	474
2018	1,913
2019	610
2020	1,068
2021	494
2022	1,145
2023	912
2024	1,096
2025	860
2026	1,118

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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 100	837
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1