Weather Records on 19 April 1971

721 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 April 1971. Highest significance: Imperial, US.

Key Facts for 19 April 1971

On 19 April 1971, 721 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
212 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 705 daily.
Imperial set a monthly record daily precipitation of 116.3 mm (4.6 in) on 19 April 1971.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

721 stations

721 station records on 19 April 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 April 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Casper 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Podor	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Upton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Russell Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Merriman	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vogelstruiskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Collerina (Kenebree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bronkhorstspruit (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dull Ctr 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Versamelhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moroni	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ariah Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murrayville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ninyeunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Big Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Underbool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Miraima	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Squaw Butte-Northern Great Bas	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manangatang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kit Carson	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fernlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bannerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nyah West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hoopdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsley Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Casper 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wairuna Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vona	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 10 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

721 records

Records set or tied on 19 April 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 87, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 280, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 19 April 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	87
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	280
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 19 April 1971 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 705.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

578 broken records

Margins by which the 578 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 April 1971

Top 20 records on 19 April 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 April 1971	Imperial, US	monthly rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1971	Casper 2 E, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1971	Tribune 1W, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1971	Podor, SN	daily high min	30.3 C (86.5 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	111 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1971	Upton, US	monthly rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1971	Sharon Springs, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1971	Sundance, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1971	Russell Springs, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1971	Merriman, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1971	Vogelstruiskuil, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1971	Holly, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1971	Springfield, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1971	Chasm Falls, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1971	Collerina (Kenebree), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1971	Bronkhorstspruit (Mun), ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1971	Dull Ctr 1SE, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1971	Versamelhoek, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1971	Moroni, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1971	Oak City, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1971	Ariah Park Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	40 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

1807 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1971. 1971 had 721 records.

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

Records on 04-19 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1814	1
1840	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	2
1851	2
1852	3
1854	1
1860	2
1862	1
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1890	7
1892	3
1893	5
1894	15
1895	6
1896	3
1897	4
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	4
1902	3
1903	16
1904	31
1905	5
1906	23
1907	27
1908	14
1909	43
1910	37
1911	31
1912	14
1913	29
1914	42
1915	32
1916	26
1917	26
1918	53
1919	25
1920	66
1921	34
1922	46
1923	106
1924	99
1925	208
1926	421
1927	609
1928	404
1929	167
1930	70
1931	164
1932	125
1933	242
1934	291
1935	256
1936	382
1937	569
1938	433
1939	383
1940	361
1941	747
1942	254
1943	588
1944	290
1945	295
1946	501
1947	314
1948	817
1949	384
1950	211
1951	576
1952	450
1953	1,158
1954	342
1955	858
1956	480
1957	576
1958	268
1959	526
1960	216
1961	759
1962	567
1963	510
1964	478
1965	578
1966	1,188
1967	915
1968	612
1969	697
1970	943
1971	721
1972	573
1973	811
1974	593
1975	584
1976	863
1977	686
1978	616
1979	592
1980	844
1981	677
1982	641
1983	2,588
1984	720
1985	1,388
1986	522
1987	1,493
1988	1,100
1989	881
1990	1,502
1991	1,068
1992	594
1993	613
1994	1,117
1995	1,347
1996	751
1997	899
1998	1,049
1999	794
2000	963
2001	1,135
2002	1,612
2003	824
2004	783
2005	851
2006	1,111
2007	759
2008	926
2009	737
2010	600
2011	1,363
2012	660
2013	2,068
2014	436
2015	692
2016	813
2017	485
2018	1,490
2019	856
2020	444
2021	640
2022	1,166
2023	828
2024	790
2025	1,135
2026	460

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Data for records on 1971-04-19: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 19 April 1971
Margin	Records
0 to 100	567
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1