Weather Records on 1 April 1944

266 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 1944. Highest significance: Oberstdorf, DE.

Key Facts for 1 April 1944

On 1 April 1944, 266 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 236 daily.
Oberstdorf set a monthly record snow depth of 117.0 cm (46.1 in) on 1 April 1944.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

266 stations

266 station records on 1 April 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 April 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record snow depth	117.0 cm (46.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	320.0 cm (126.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Periakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oorschot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	196.0 cm (77.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kennecott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parasala	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vattaram	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuni	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	600.0 cm (236.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boreli	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Loukahi	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruttani	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record snow depth	109.0 cm (42.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kennecott	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buxa	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mundau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nigriting	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mokakchung	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sivaganga	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-45.0 C (-49.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cranganore	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Theethandathanam	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Vrain	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jiwanpur Sagri	India	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bakhtiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alwar	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nawa	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sikar	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pachamba	India	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ramgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

266 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 1 April 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 1 April 1944 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 29, daily 236.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

217 broken records

Margins by which the 217 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 900.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 April 1944

Top 20 records on 1 April 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 1944	Oberstdorf, DE	monthly snow depth	117.0 cm (46.1 in)	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1944	Chemnitz, DE	monthly snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1944	Fichtelberg, DE	monthly snow depth	320.0 cm (126.0 in)	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1944	Cordova AP, US	monthly low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1944	Periakulam, IN	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1944	Oorschot, ZA	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1944	Newport, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1944	Reit Im Winkl, DE	monthly snow depth	196.0 cm (77.2 in)	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1944	Kennecott, US	monthly low max	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1944	Seward AP, US	monthly low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1944	Seward AP, US	monthly low min	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1944	Parasala, IN	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1944	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	monthly low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	55 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1944	Tiruppattur, IN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1944	Vattaram, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1944	N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1944	Nhill, AU	monthly high min	21.3 C (70.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1944	Meadow Valley Rs, US	daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1944	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 April 1944	Namdalseid, NO	monthly snow depth	71.0 cm (28.0 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	44 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

1803 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1944. 1944 had 266 records.

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

Records on 04-01 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1805	1
1808	1
1813	1
1815	3
1819	1
1830	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	1
1855	3
1856	1
1861	2
1862	2
1865	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1881	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	5
1892	1
1893	2
1896	4
1897	5
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	4
1902	4
1903	12
1904	29
1905	10
1906	7
1907	24
1908	5
1909	13
1910	26
1911	27
1912	31
1913	35
1914	37
1915	25
1916	35
1917	80
1918	51
1919	165
1920	65
1921	46
1922	98
1923	319
1924	257
1925	111
1926	234
1927	326
1928	194
1929	336
1930	153
1931	846
1932	292
1933	188
1934	153
1935	424
1936	1,248
1937	192
1938	461
1939	226
1940	840
1941	285
1942	209
1943	319
1944	266
1945	880
1946	1,172
1947	390
1948	590
1949	308
1950	455
1951	406
1952	419
1953	249
1954	493
1955	288
1956	744
1957	314
1958	535
1959	821
1960	295
1961	496
1962	652
1963	1,123
1964	951
1965	678
1966	689
1967	928
1968	377
1969	611
1970	894
1971	384
1972	510
1973	680
1974	894
1975	1,806
1976	767
1977	524
1978	1,013
1979	738
1980	797
1981	1,115
1982	884
1983	643
1984	662
1985	826
1986	982
1987	1,762
1988	1,259
1989	1,098
1990	952
1991	693
1992	981
1993	783
1994	739
1995	1,056
1996	996
1997	1,255
1998	1,703
1999	1,341
2000	690
2001	575
2002	985
2003	1,366
2004	926
2005	1,086
2006	929
2007	963
2008	1,457
2009	846
2010	1,022
2011	1,105
2012	1,327
2013	719
2014	657
2015	606
2016	842
2017	792
2018	870
2019	674
2020	719
2021	790
2022	853
2023	1,069
2024	788
2025	779
2026	1,042

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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 200	212
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	2
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1