Weather Records on 14 April 1950

1,104 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 April 1950. Highest significance: Langdon Exp Farm, US.

Key Facts for 14 April 1950

On 14 April 1950, 1,104 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 891 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,065 daily.
Langdon Exp Farm set a daily record snow depth of 35.6 cm (14.0 in) on 14 April 1950.
Across 163 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

1,104 stations

1,104 station records on 14 April 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 April 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jucurutu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
North End	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ioco Refinery	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bamfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Welgeleven	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Shepstone	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Edenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rietpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kukrahati	India	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minusinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.0 C (-18.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Umari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Philo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Syferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,104 records

Records set or tied on 14 April 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 305, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 586, Heaviest daily rainfall 127, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 14 April 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	305
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	586
Heaviest daily rainfall	127
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 14 April 1950 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 38, daily 1,065.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

888 broken records

Margins by which the 888 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 April 1950

Top 20 records on 14 April 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 April 1950	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1950	Kamferskraal, ZA	all-time rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1950	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1950	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1950	Kloofend, ZA	daily rain	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1950	Jucurutu, BR	monthly rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1950	North End, ZA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1950	Ioco Refinery, CA	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1950	Storrs, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1950	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1950	Bamfield, CA	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1950	Welgeleven, ZA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1950	Port Shepstone, ZA	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1950	Edenburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1950	Rietpoort, ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1950	Clayoquot, CA	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1950	Simcoe, CA	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1950	Zharkent, KZ	daily low min	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	58 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1950	Almaty, KZ	daily low min	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	10.8 C (19.4 F)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1950	Port Jervis, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	69 years	35 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

1801 to 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1950. 1950 had 1,104 records.

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

Records on 04-14 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1825	1
1834	1
1836	1
1839	1
1842	2
1846	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	2
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	5
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1881	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	8
1891	1
1892	5
1893	1
1894	1
1896	7
1897	5
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	4
1902	3
1903	18
1904	33
1905	24
1906	15
1907	24
1908	11
1909	45
1910	22
1911	27
1912	29
1913	62
1914	34
1915	18
1916	34
1917	69
1918	28
1919	24
1920	106
1921	43
1922	97
1923	166
1924	143
1925	123
1926	199
1927	295
1928	518
1929	150
1930	308
1931	821
1932	247
1933	507
1934	398
1935	404
1936	539
1937	293
1938	728
1939	797
1940	1,051
1941	1,008
1942	326
1943	942
1944	227
1945	803
1946	212
1947	530
1948	362
1949	402
1950	1,104
1951	434
1952	527
1953	432
1954	997
1955	531
1956	369
1957	518
1958	421
1959	494
1960	306
1961	740
1962	660
1963	525
1964	443
1965	343
1966	362
1967	532
1968	676
1969	344
1970	728
1971	473
1972	1,107
1973	563
1974	722
1975	683
1976	874
1977	821
1978	322
1979	534
1980	1,509
1981	753
1982	711
1983	1,874
1984	398
1985	825
1986	1,422
1987	869
1988	1,011
1989	1,181
1990	1,189
1991	895
1992	817
1993	683
1994	805
1995	635
1996	972
1997	1,600
1998	1,336
1999	1,110
2000	1,177
2001	1,082
2002	1,315
2003	1,802
2004	1,047
2005	593
2006	1,601
2007	1,654
2008	1,097
2009	1,015
2010	739
2011	762
2012	693
2013	912
2014	1,420
2015	704
2016	481
2017	486
2018	1,110
2019	758
2020	1,428
2021	569
2022	1,484
2023	1,106
2024	1,208
2025	870
2026	1,067

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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	878
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1