Weather Records on 4 April 1959

524 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 1959. Highest significance: Koolpinyah, AU.

Key Facts for 4 April 1959

On 4 April 1959, 524 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
423 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 515 daily.
Koolpinyah set a daily record precipitation of 199.1 mm (7.8 in) on 4 April 1959.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

524 stations

524 station records on 4 April 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	199.1 mm (7.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Loco Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenbuen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aracati	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warruwi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	224.0 mm (8.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis Royal	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chinle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kayenta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Malad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milingimbi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.5 C (-31.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Holter Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Price Game Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arneiroz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

524 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 260, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 163, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 76, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 4 April 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	260
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	163
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	76
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 April 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 515.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

387 broken records

Margins by which the 387 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 157.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 1959

Top 20 records on 4 April 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 1959	Koolpinyah, AU	daily rain	199.1 mm (7.8 in)	157.4 mm (6.2 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1959	Darwin Loco Works, AU	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1959	Rosewood, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1959	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1959	Pogranichnyj, RU	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1959	Grindstone Island, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1959	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1959	Stillwater, CA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1959	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	67 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1959	Austin #2, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	69 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1959	Paragonah, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	59 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1959	Dellicknora (Tellicura), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1959	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	monthly low min	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1959	Lares, PR	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1959	Cambridge, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1959	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	56 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1959	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	68 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1959	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1959	Moab, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1959	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	53 years	27 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

1794 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1959. 1959 had 524 records.

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

Records on 04-04 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1808	1
1809	1
1815	2
1819	1
1853	1
1857	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1891	1
1892	6
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	4
1900	7
1901	12
1902	2
1903	17
1904	6
1905	23
1906	7
1907	9
1908	20
1909	15
1910	48
1911	55
1912	25
1913	31
1914	13
1915	52
1916	65
1917	36
1918	37
1919	27
1920	89
1921	205
1922	39
1923	101
1924	51
1925	126
1926	206
1927	203
1928	625
1929	1,320
1930	86
1931	201
1932	193
1933	167
1934	656
1935	402
1936	714
1937	344
1938	201
1939	243
1940	392
1941	353
1942	537
1943	456
1944	975
1945	806
1946	459
1947	397
1948	202
1949	458
1950	1,044
1951	352
1952	348
1953	332
1954	742
1955	448
1956	426
1957	984
1958	492
1959	524
1960	756
1961	525
1962	308
1963	586
1964	675
1965	443
1966	469
1967	438
1968	640
1969	424
1970	438
1971	560
1972	695
1973	511
1974	1,356
1975	1,981
1976	353
1977	780
1978	497
1979	984
1980	690
1981	1,393
1982	1,251
1983	1,202
1984	762
1985	865
1986	810
1987	2,317
1988	1,119
1989	668
1990	826
1991	957
1992	1,270
1993	733
1994	726
1995	935
1996	699
1997	1,538
1998	931
1999	1,575
2000	1,371
2001	1,040
2002	989
2003	1,055
2004	782
2005	1,070
2006	911
2007	1,009
2008	860
2009	1,068
2010	758
2011	1,155
2012	830
2013	938
2014	705
2015	452
2016	795
2017	603
2018	1,196
2019	407
2020	914
2021	1,341
2022	1,014
2023	2,058
2024	966
2025	1,330
2026	894

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Data for records on 1959-04-04: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	375
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1