Weather Records on 4 April 1948

202 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 1948. Highest significance: Cape Don, AU.

Key Facts for 4 April 1948

On 4 April 1948, 202 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 82 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 195 daily.
Cape Don set a daily record precipitation of 127.5 mm (5.0 in) on 4 April 1948.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

202 stations

202 station records on 4 April 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Keanae 346	United States	Record daily precipitation	251.5 mm (9.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prince	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Hazelton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Modoc Orchard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kodiak	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Prince	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Limoeiro de Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yukon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Immarna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney (Vittoria)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chiloquin 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

202 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 41, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 4 April 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	41
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 4 April 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 195.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

152 broken records

Margins by which the 152 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 1948

Top 20 records on 4 April 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 1948	Cape Don, AU	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1948	Keanae 346, US	daily rain	251.5 mm (9.9 in)	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1948	Lifjell, NO	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1948	Prince, CA	all-time snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1948	Hana 354, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1948	Kailua 446, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1948	Irwin 2 SE, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1948	Arhangelsk, RU	daily high max	9.8 C (49.6 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	61 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1948	Paisley, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1948	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	67 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1948	Rossland City Yard, CA	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1948	Timovskoe, RU	daily high max	13.2 C (55.8 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	45 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1948	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1948	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily low min	0.1 C (32.2 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	54 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1948	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	1 year	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1948	New Hazelton, CA	daily low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	12 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1948	Kaslo, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1948	Tustin Irvine Rch, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1948	Upper Lake 2 N, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	52 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1948	Greeley, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	33 years	23 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

1794 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1948. 1948 had 202 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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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	143
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1