Weather Records on 15 April 1945

783 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 April 1945. Highest significance: Webbers Falls 5 WSW, US.

Key Facts for 15 April 1945

On 15 April 1945, 783 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 308 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 756 daily.
Webbers Falls 5 WSW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 156.2 mm (6.1 in) on 15 April 1945.
Across 159 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

783 stations

783 station records on 15 April 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 April 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sakti	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Katangi	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gondia	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hadagalli	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aloograda	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Athmalik	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salina	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsborg 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Koshkonong	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

783 records

Records set or tied on 15 April 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 220, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 248, Heaviest daily snowfall 62, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 15 April 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	220
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	248
Heaviest daily snowfall	62
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 15 April 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 756.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

652 broken records

Margins by which the 652 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 April 1945

Top 20 records on 15 April 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 April 1945	Webbers Falls 5 WSW, US	monthly rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	2 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1945	Sakti, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1945	Garnett 1 E, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1945	Mt Hope, US	monthly rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1945	Mountainair, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1945	Katangi, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1945	Gondia, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1945	Hadagalli, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1945	Sikeston, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1945	Cloud Chief 2 SE, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1945	Meeker 5 W, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1945	Gorakhpur, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1945	Neosho Rapids, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1945	Oxford, GB	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	76 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1945	Lebo, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1945	St Joseph, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1945	Okmulgee Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1945	Harrison, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1945	Hayes Center 1NW, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1945	Aloograda, IN	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	37 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

1801 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1945. 1945 had 783 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 50	617
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1