Weather Records on 15 April 1950

568 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 April 1950. Highest significance: Brocken, DE.

Key Facts for 15 April 1950

On 15 April 1950, 568 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 320 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 555 daily.
Brocken set a monthly record daily precipitation of 82.2 mm (3.2 in) on 15 April 1950.
Across 159 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

568 stations

568 station records on 15 April 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 April 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lekkervlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cedaredge	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uitkyk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aschersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wimbledon	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jeremoabo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Potchefstroom;Braksp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rooiberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Soledade (Ibiapinopolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kafferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasgat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Piracuruca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caetite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alberni	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rita de Cassia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goedemoed (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leeupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tallulah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Andrews	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

568 records

Records set or tied on 15 April 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 135, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 185, Heaviest daily rainfall 207, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 April 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	135
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	185
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 April 1950 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 555.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

457 broken records

Margins by which the 457 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 April 1950

Top 20 records on 15 April 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 April 1950	Brocken, DE	monthly rain	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 April 1950	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1950	Artern, DE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1950	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1950	Kahuku 912, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1950	Lekkervlei, ZA	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1950	Wittenberg, DE	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1950	Cedaredge, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1950	Halle, DE	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1950	Leipzig-Schkeuditz, DE	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1950	Potsdam, DE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1950	Kisinev, MD	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1950	Uitkyk, ZA	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1950	Goombungee Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1950	Aschersleben, DE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1950	Tres Piedras, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1950	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1950	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1950	Wimbledon, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 1950	Forks 1 E, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	42 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 568 records.

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

Records on 04-15 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1820	1
1844	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	1
1853	2
1855	2
1858	1
1862	3
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	8
1893	2
1894	1
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	9
1901	2
1902	4
1903	8
1904	39
1905	11
1906	20
1907	18
1908	15
1909	18
1910	16
1911	20
1912	24
1913	39
1914	17
1915	13
1916	15
1917	35
1918	40
1919	22
1920	50
1921	59
1922	94
1923	178
1924	172
1925	168
1926	453
1927	321
1928	631
1929	91
1930	289
1931	388
1932	150
1933	300
1934	339
1935	515
1936	439
1937	277
1938	596
1939	789
1940	581
1941	628
1942	525
1943	1,037
1944	313
1945	783
1946	245
1947	532
1948	306
1949	419
1950	568
1951	504
1952	357
1953	475
1954	896
1955	484
1956	750
1957	378
1958	458
1959	314
1960	319
1961	877
1962	733
1963	714
1964	382
1965	504
1966	464
1967	599
1968	476
1969	555
1970	841
1971	640
1972	896
1973	667
1974	385
1975	780
1976	1,566
1977	649
1978	426
1979	370
1980	1,066
1981	724
1982	955
1983	1,343
1984	612
1985	788
1986	1,140
1987	579
1988	839
1989	836
1990	837
1991	769
1992	783
1993	1,156
1994	835
1995	805
1996	1,173
1997	1,031
1998	1,752
1999	1,249
2000	1,163
2001	1,043
2002	1,866
2003	1,760
2004	761
2005	583
2006	1,637
2007	1,776
2008	1,157
2009	853
2010	804
2011	1,162
2012	1,007
2013	1,146
2014	1,721
2015	739
2016	602
2017	474
2018	1,913
2019	610
2020	1,068
2021	494
2022	1,145
2023	912
2024	1,096
2025	860
2026	1,118

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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 20	426
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1