Weather Records on 10 April 1947

355 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 April 1947. Highest significance: Beatrice, US.

Key Facts for 10 April 1947

On 10 April 1947, 355 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 345 daily.
Beatrice set a daily record precipitation of 53.6 mm (2.1 in) on 10 April 1947.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

355 stations

355 station records on 10 April 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 April 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Afton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salina	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Thurman	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kumily	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Srirangpatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ville Marie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tarikere	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bruning	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hookina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon U of S	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

355 records

Records set or tied on 10 April 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 10 April 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 10 April 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 345.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

313 broken records

Margins by which the 313 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 April 1947

Top 20 records on 10 April 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 April 1947	Beatrice, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1947	Fairmont, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1947	Syracuse, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1947	Carroll, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1947	Medicine Lodge, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1947	Afton, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1947	Belle Plaine, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1947	Harlan, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1947	Fairbury 7S, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1947	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1947	Montreal River, CA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1947	Columbus 3 NE, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1947	Cedar Rapids 2, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1947	Fremont, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1947	Salina, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1947	Utica, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1947	Glenwood 3SW, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1947	Thurman, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1947	Audubon, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1947	Bedford, US	monthly rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	39 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

1793 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1947. 1947 had 355 records.

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

Records on 04-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1805	1
1809	2
1812	3
1842	2
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1854	1
1863	2
1864	2
1865	2
1869	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	2
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	5
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	8
1901	4
1902	4
1903	10
1904	12
1905	21
1906	24
1907	13
1908	8
1909	37
1910	15
1911	17
1912	55
1913	27
1914	25
1915	61
1916	94
1917	64
1918	43
1919	39
1920	66
1921	44
1922	178
1923	71
1924	119
1925	143
1926	86
1927	205
1928	245
1929	290
1930	646
1931	107
1932	290
1933	392
1934	237
1935	253
1936	186
1937	254
1938	401
1939	363
1940	252
1941	402
1942	548
1943	577
1944	718
1945	1,031
1946	287
1947	355
1948	335
1949	294
1950	599
1951	394
1952	793
1953	601
1954	243
1955	650
1956	377
1957	411
1958	326
1959	527
1960	683
1961	734
1962	258
1963	446
1964	239
1965	770
1966	537
1967	549
1968	498
1969	545
1970	521
1971	569
1972	639
1973	2,070
1974	935
1975	850
1976	431
1977	1,430
1978	1,233
1979	875
1980	654
1981	701
1982	1,138
1983	1,170
1984	548
1985	1,391
1986	562
1987	403
1988	764
1989	1,835
1990	1,135
1991	1,101
1992	929
1993	583
1994	844
1995	1,811
1996	1,475
1997	2,935
1998	899
1999	1,738
2000	651
2001	1,792
2002	589
2003	1,431
2004	548
2005	886
2006	650
2007	848
2008	1,141
2009	1,031
2010	574
2011	1,880
2012	846
2013	1,703
2014	615
2015	667
2016	921
2017	846
2018	861
2019	636
2020	712
2021	749
2022	783
2023	835
2024	713
2025	796
2026	840

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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 10	203
10 to 20	55
20 to 30	34
30 to 40	15
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1