Weather Records on 5 April 1959

559 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1959. Highest significance: Newry, AU.

Key Facts for 5 April 1959

On 5 April 1959, 559 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
464 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 554 daily.
Newry set a monthly record daily precipitation of 240.3 mm (9.5 in) on 5 April 1959.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

559 stations

559 station records on 5 April 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	240.3 mm (9.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Daly River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oenpelli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Limbunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oombulgurri	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gooding 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pioche	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yellanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zion Np	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uxbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chickasha	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

559 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 385, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 81, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 5 April 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	385
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	81
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 April 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 554.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

451 broken records

Margins by which the 451 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 166.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1959

Top 20 records on 5 April 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1959	Newry, AU	monthly rain	240.3 mm (9.5 in)	166.6 mm (6.6 in)	36 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1959	Daly River Police, AU	monthly rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1959	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1959	Oenpelli, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1959	Koolpinyah, AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1959	Limbunya, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1959	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1959	Vita (Khanapur), IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1959	Victoria River Downs, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1959	Ely AP, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1959	Oombulgurri, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1959	Maunabo, PR	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1959	Scipio, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	62 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1959	Vernal, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1959	Carlton Hill, AU	monthly rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1959	Delta, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	62 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1959	Freiburg, DE	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	66 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1959	Freiburg, DE	daily high min	13.5 C (56.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	72 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1959	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1959	Roswell Muni AP, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	65 years	29 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1959. 1959 had 559 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1959-04-05: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	439
25 to 50	7
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1