Weather Records on 5 April 1947

649 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1947. Highest significance: Joliet, US.

Key Facts for 5 April 1947

On 5 April 1947, 649 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
147 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 48 monthly and 598 daily.
Joliet set a monthly record daily precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 5 April 1947.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

649 stations

649 station records on 5 April 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dwight	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Mem Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Peint	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
La Salle Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Little Sioux	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Howe	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Akluj	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg (Rosanna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

649 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 429, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 5 April 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	429
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 5 April 1947 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 48, daily 598.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

581 broken records

Margins by which the 581 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1947

Top 20 records on 5 April 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1947	Joliet, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1947	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1947	Albion, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1947	Bloomingdale, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1947	Macon, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1947	Streator 2SE, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1947	East Lansing Exp Farm, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1947	Gallatin 1W, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1947	Newton Rigg, GB	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1947	Dwight, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1947	Sycamore, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1947	Howell Wwtp, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1947	Racine Wwtp, US	all-time rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1947	Lucan, CA	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1947	Morris 1NW, US	all-time rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1947	Quincy Mem Brg, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1947	Rushville, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1947	S Haven, US	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1947	Wayne, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1947	Paw Paw 2S, US	monthly rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	50 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

1809 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1947. 1947 had 649 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1947-04-05: 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 25	508
25 to 50	52
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	6
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2