Weather Records on 5 April 1951

305 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1951. Highest significance: Poortjie, ZA.

Key Facts for 5 April 1951

On 5 April 1951, 305 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 300 daily.
Poortjie set a monthly record daily precipitation of 85.9 mm (3.4 in) on 5 April 1951.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

305 stations

305 station records on 5 April 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	227.0 cm (89.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Churchman Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Serpentine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bemetara	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grootkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gvarv	Norway	Record snow depth	64.0 cm (25.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record snow depth	95.0 cm (37.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record snow depth	167.0 cm (65.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	155.0 cm (61.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record snow depth	168.0 cm (66.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	183.0 cm (72.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record snow depth	168.0 cm (66.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Premier Mine-Cullinan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Neemkathana	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pingelly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cloughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wonnaminta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arriba	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wynrock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Landscape Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wungong Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darradup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cuballing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fremantle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Silver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rushy Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

305 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 193, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 5 April 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 5 April 1951 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 300.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

267 broken records

Margins by which the 267 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1040.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1951

Top 20 records on 5 April 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1951	Poortjie, ZA	monthly rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1951	Mykland, NO	daily snow depth	227.0 cm (89.4 in)	104.0 cm (40.9 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1951	Churchman Brook, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1951	Serpentine, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1951	Redlands, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1951	Ottoshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1951	Bemetara, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1951	Grootkuil, ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1951	Mc Cook, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1951	Niznij Novgorod, RU	daily high min	7.6 C (45.7 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1951	Gvarv, NO	daily snow depth	64.0 cm (25.2 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1951	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	66 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1951	Nord Odal, NO	daily snow depth	95.0 cm (37.4 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1951	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1951	Hiasen I Sigdal, NO	daily snow depth	167.0 cm (65.7 in)	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1951	Tuddal, NO	daily snow depth	155.0 cm (61.0 in)	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1951	Rockingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1951	Cairo Ezbekiya, EG	daily high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1951	Lifjell, NO	all-time snow depth	168.0 cm (66.1 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	0 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1951	Sarpsborg, NO	daily snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	9 years	26 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1951. 1951 had 305 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 200	258
200 to 400	6
400 to 600	2
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1