Weather Records on 10 April 1949

294 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 April 1949. Highest significance: Georgetown Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 10 April 1949

On 10 April 1949, 294 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 287 daily.
Georgetown Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 10 April 1949.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

294 stations

294 station records on 10 April 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 April 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kumargram	India	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mayhill Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Luzia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Antenor Navarro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Udhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pearlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palma 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Otto FAA AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riachao Do Jacuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ellenview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Okhimath	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Otto FAA AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chudleigh Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Boughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tajique 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Polson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kodiak	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crato	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Langet	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warm Springs Agency	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palma 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mohiuddin Nagar	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tularosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

294 records

Records set or tied on 10 April 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 15.

Records on 10 April 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 April 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 287.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

240 broken records

Margins by which the 240 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

10 April 1949

Top 20 records on 10 April 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 April 1949	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1949	Quatsino, CA	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1949	Valley of Lagoons, AU	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1949	Mount Surprise Township, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1949	Carpentaria Downs Station, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1949	Kumargram, IN	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1949	Mayhill Rs, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1949	Cloudcroft, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1949	Spring Creek Station, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1949	Santa Luzia, BR	all-time rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1949	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low max	17.1 C (62.8 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	67 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1949	Antenor Navarro, BR	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1949	Kotarh, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1949	Udhapur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1949	Pearlington, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1949	Corona, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1949	Riva, IT	monthly low min	1.0 C (33.8 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1949	Palma 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1949	Otto FAA AP, US	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1949	Riachao Do Jacuipe, BR	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	29 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

1793 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1949. 1949 had 294 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 25	215
25 to 50	12
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1