Weather Records on 5 April 1948

262 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1948. Highest significance: Cape St. Francis, ZA.

Key Facts for 5 April 1948

On 5 April 1948, 262 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 254 daily.
Cape St. Francis set a daily record precipitation of 41.0 mm (1.6 in) on 5 April 1948.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

262 stations

262 station records on 5 April 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape St. Francis	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montcornet	France	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Launiupoko Intake 376	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kurseong	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sand Pass	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Arm	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Summerland Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vauxhall	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

262 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 54, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 5 April 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	54
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 5 April 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 254.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

204 broken records

Margins by which the 204 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1948

Top 20 records on 5 April 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1948	Cape St. Francis, ZA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1948	Nguiu, AU	daily rain	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1948	Detroit, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1948	Weilerswist-Lommersum, DE	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1948	Aachen, DE	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1948	Arnsberg, DE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1948	Qu'appelle, CA	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	63 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1948	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1948	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	81 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1948	Montcornet, FR	monthly rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1948	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1948	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1948	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	2 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1948	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1948	Launiupoko Intake 376, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1948	Hillsdown, CA	daily low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1948	Prospect 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1948	Waterville, US	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	41 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1948	Jokkmokk, SE	daily high min	1.0 C (33.8 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	53 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1948	Grants Pass, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	54 years	24 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1948. 1948 had 262 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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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	198
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1