Weather Records on 5 April 1945

460 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1945. Highest significance: Le Mars, US.

Key Facts for 5 April 1945

On 5 April 1945, 460 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 245 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 451 daily.
Le Mars set a daily record snow depth of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 5 April 1945.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

460 stations

460 station records on 5 April 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Le Mars	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record snow depth	182.9 cm (72.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Morro Do Chapeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paripiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rio de Contas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Levy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prince	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruchengode	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Remanso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middelplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Raquette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kollegal	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uvalde	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Allentown Gas Company	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Otto FAA AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bonfim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Freeland	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brejo da Madre de Deus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

460 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 171, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 5 April 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	171
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 5 April 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 451.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

384 broken records

Margins by which the 384 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1321.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1945

Top 20 records on 5 April 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1945	Le Mars, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1945	Spencer 1 N, US	daily snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1945	Algona, US	daily snow depth	182.9 cm (72.0 in)	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1945	Rockwell City, US	monthly snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	9 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1945	Denison, US	monthly snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1945	Morro Do Chapeu, BR	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1945	Paripiranga, BR	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1945	Pocahontas, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1945	Salisbury, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1945	Rio de Contas, BR	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1945	Keene, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1945	Levy, US	daily low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	11.2 C (20.2 F)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1945	Talavadi, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1945	Prince, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1945	Tiruchengode, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1945	Astrakan, RU	daily high max	26.2 C (79.2 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1945	Mason City, US	daily snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1945	Goombungee Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1945	Remanso, BR	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1945	Middelplaats, ZA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	31 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

1809 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1945. 1945 had 460 records.

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

Records on 04-05 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1815	2
1828	1
1848	2
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1870	1
1874	2
1876	2
1879	2
1881	4
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	15
1904	3
1905	30
1906	4
1907	15
1908	12
1909	33
1910	74
1911	82
1912	44
1913	11
1914	31
1915	36
1916	38
1917	43
1918	66
1919	36
1920	94
1921	158
1922	126
1923	107
1924	46
1925	111
1926	394
1927	149
1928	382
1929	1,124
1930	155
1931	162
1932	254
1933	379
1934	302
1935	416
1936	576
1937	427
1938	215
1939	356
1940	214
1941	401
1942	448
1943	344
1944	831
1945	460
1946	290
1947	649
1948	262
1949	379
1950	593
1951	305
1952	517
1953	249
1954	605
1955	364
1956	304
1957	795
1958	479
1959	559
1960	770
1961	523
1962	324
1963	546
1964	675
1965	456
1966	518
1967	745
1968	590
1969	498
1970	499
1971	481
1972	685
1973	680
1974	652
1975	1,581
1976	335
1977	880
1978	486
1979	886
1980	486
1981	927
1982	1,964
1983	1,909
1984	703
1985	922
1986	800
1987	1,687
1988	1,054
1989	945
1990	868
1991	1,595
1992	827
1993	627
1994	734
1995	1,500
1996	827
1997	2,108
1998	808
1999	1,658
2000	1,194
2001	1,097
2002	790
2003	1,120
2004	756
2005	856
2006	1,070
2007	1,144
2008	685
2009	1,096
2010	926
2011	974
2012	745
2013	987
2014	444
2015	433
2016	828
2017	518
2018	906
2019	373
2020	483
2021	1,030
2022	758
2023	2,543
2024	1,289
2025	1,320
2026	782

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Data for records on 1945-04-05: 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 200	378
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	3
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1
1200 to 1400	1