Weather Records on 5 April 1952

517 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1952. Highest significance: Hastings, US.

Key Facts for 5 April 1952

On 5 April 1952, 517 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
231 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 492 daily.
Hastings set a monthly record daily snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 5 April 1952.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

517 stations

517 station records on 5 April 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hastings	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Angurugu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	221.5 mm (8.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Culvers Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coniston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rifton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kodaikanal	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware Cy Reedy Poin	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	131.0 cm (51.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dhone	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yeotmal	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walden 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
East Toorale (Toorale Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanora	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Folsom	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aryankavu	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brahmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

517 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 178, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 161, Heaviest daily snowfall 53, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 5 April 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	178
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	161
Heaviest daily snowfall	53
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 5 April 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 492.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

426 broken records

Margins by which the 426 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1952

Top 20 records on 5 April 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1952	Hastings, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1952	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1952	Calton Hills Station, AU	monthly rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1952	Fort Simpson, CA	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	16.7 cm (6.6 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1952	Kalamazoo State Hospital, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1952	La Tuque, CA	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1952	W Pt, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1952	Angurugu, AU	daily rain	221.5 mm (8.7 in)	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1952	Culvers Lake, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1952	Layton 3 NW, US	monthly rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1952	Belleville, CA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1952	Central Michigan UNIV, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1952	Borroloola, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1952	Haliburton A, CA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1952	Coniston, CA	daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1952	Greenville 2 NNE, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1952	Poughkeepsie, US	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1952	Warwick, US	monthly rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1952	Howell Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1952	Millington 1 SE, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	37 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1952. 1952 had 517 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 1952-04-05: 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 50	388
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1