Weather Records on 10 April 1952

793 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 April 1952. Highest significance: Wyalong Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 10 April 1952

On 10 April 1952, 793 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 449 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 787 daily.
Wyalong Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 54.4 mm (2.1 in) on 10 April 1952.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

793 stations

793 station records on 10 April 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 April 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wyalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle (Walla Walla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wondai Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Binalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Duri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Windera Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barambah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kia Ora Sandy Ridges	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwood Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goomboorian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bauple	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gundiah Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wawaitin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Livermore	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winter	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kings Tablelands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Cranbourne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Merry Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tiaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

793 records

Records set or tied on 10 April 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 153, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 296, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 10 April 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	153
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	296
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 10 April 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 787.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

652 broken records

Margins by which the 652 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 April 1952

Top 20 records on 10 April 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 April 1952	Wyalong Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1952	Inskip Point Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1952	Warrumbungle (Walla Walla), AU	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1952	Wondai Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1952	Ungarie Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1952	Binalong Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1952	Boonara, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1952	Murgon Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1952	Duri, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1952	Gundy (Miller St), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1952	Condamine Plains, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1952	Gordon Golf Club, AU	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1952	Cassilis (Dalkeith), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1952	Big Creek, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1952	Windera Creek, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1952	Lithgow (Cooerwull), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1952	Iroquois Falls, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1952	Gympie, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1952	Blackville (Krui Vale), AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1952	Goorangoola, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 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

1793 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 793 records.

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

Records on 04-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1805	1
1809	2
1812	3
1842	2
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1854	1
1863	2
1864	2
1865	2
1869	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	2
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	5
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	8
1901	4
1902	4
1903	10
1904	12
1905	21
1906	24
1907	13
1908	8
1909	37
1910	15
1911	17
1912	55
1913	27
1914	25
1915	61
1916	94
1917	64
1918	43
1919	39
1920	66
1921	44
1922	178
1923	71
1924	119
1925	143
1926	86
1927	205
1928	245
1929	290
1930	646
1931	107
1932	290
1933	392
1934	237
1935	253
1936	186
1937	254
1938	401
1939	363
1940	252
1941	402
1942	548
1943	577
1944	718
1945	1,031
1946	287
1947	355
1948	335
1949	294
1950	599
1951	394
1952	793
1953	601
1954	243
1955	650
1956	377
1957	411
1958	326
1959	527
1960	683
1961	734
1962	258
1963	446
1964	239
1965	770
1966	537
1967	549
1968	498
1969	545
1970	521
1971	569
1972	639
1973	2,070
1974	935
1975	850
1976	431
1977	1,430
1978	1,233
1979	875
1980	654
1981	701
1982	1,138
1983	1,170
1984	548
1985	1,391
1986	562
1987	403
1988	764
1989	1,835
1990	1,135
1991	1,101
1992	929
1993	583
1994	844
1995	1,811
1996	1,475
1997	2,935
1998	899
1999	1,738
2000	651
2001	1,792
2002	589
2003	1,431
2004	548
2005	886
2006	650
2007	848
2008	1,141
2009	1,031
2010	574
2011	1,880
2012	846
2013	1,703
2014	615
2015	667
2016	921
2017	846
2018	861
2019	636
2020	712
2021	749
2022	783
2023	835
2024	713
2025	796
2026	840

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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	630
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1