Weather Records on 5 April 1950

593 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1950. Highest significance: Coonabarabran (Namoi Street), AU.

Key Facts for 5 April 1950

On 5 April 1950, 593 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
139 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 550 daily.
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street) set a daily record precipitation of 96.3 mm (3.8 in) on 5 April 1950.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

593 stations

593 station records on 5 April 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Curlewis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sunnyside Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mordialloc Woodlands Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lara Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barunah Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lightning Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Forked Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portsea Quarantine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warrion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waurn Ponds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heyfield State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aberfeldy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Middlekop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nundle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis (Wandobah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beeac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wawaitin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oranje	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Goolhi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ensay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gindie State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Yarrabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

593 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 356, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 5 April 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	356
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 5 April 1950 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 40, daily 550.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

504 broken records

Margins by which the 504 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1950

Top 20 records on 5 April 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1950	Coonabarabran (Namoi Street), AU	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1950	Breeza (Main Street), AU	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1950	Blackville Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1950	Curlewis Post Office, AU	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1950	Quirindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1950	Sunnyside Farm, AU	monthly rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1950	Mordialloc Woodlands Golf Club, AU	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1950	Queenscliff, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1950	Kisinev, MD	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1950	Lorne Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1950	Beaconsfield Upper, AU	monthly rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1950	Lara Lake, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1950	Geelong Sec, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1950	Curlewis (Pine Cliff), AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1950	Officer (Jesmond Dene), AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1950	Barunah Plains, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1950	Buchan (Gillingall), AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1950	Red Hill South, AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1950	Lightning Ridge Post Office, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1950	Kickerbell, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1950. 1950 had 593 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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Data for records on 1950-04-05: 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 20	423
20 to 40	67
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1