Weather Records on 4 April 1945

806 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 1945. Highest significance: Grand Meadow, US.

Key Facts for 4 April 1945

On 4 April 1945, 806 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
176 were record highs and 321 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 75 monthly and 730 daily.
Grand Meadow set a monthly record daily snowfall of 43.2 cm (17.0 in) on 4 April 1945.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

806 stations

806 station records on 4 April 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wausau Record Herald	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sadiya India	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Angul	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chowghat	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alta	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stanton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Little Sioux	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria da Boa Vista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

806 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 203, Heaviest daily rainfall 182, Heaviest daily snowfall 109, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 4 April 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	203
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	109
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 4 April 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 75, daily 730.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

659 broken records

Margins by which the 659 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 1945

Top 20 records on 4 April 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 1945	Grand Meadow, US	monthly snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1945	Forest City 2 NNE, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	6 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1945	Ft Dodge 5NNW, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1945	Albert Lea 3SE, US	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1945	White River, CA	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1945	Webster City, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1945	Wausau Record Herald, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1945	Pocahontas, US	monthly snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	0 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1945	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1945	Norfolk, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1945	Shawano 2SSW, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1945	Kakabeka Falls, CA	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1945	Denison, US	all-time snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1945	Marshalltown, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1945	Santa Fe, US	monthly low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1945	Sadiya India, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1945	Angul, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1945	Harlan, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1945	Kakabeka Falls, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1945	Grand Meadow, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)

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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1945. 1945 had 806 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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Data for records on 1945-04-04: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	581
50 to 100	42
100 to 150	23
150 to 200	10
200 to 250	3