Weather Records on 4 April 1972

695 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 1972. Highest significance: Ra-Iz, RU.

Key Facts for 4 April 1972

On 4 April 1972, 695 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
91 were record highs and 254 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 678 daily.
Ra-Iz set a monthly record daily precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 4 April 1972.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

695 stations

695 station records on 4 April 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ra-Iz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Avington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne (Lorne Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buderim Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mulbring (Vincent Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Millers Forest School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bald Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Campinas-Ia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bundanoon Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beckom (Stawell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Coopernook State For	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cooranbong (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Garca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgefield (Bundajon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Tres Saltos (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Britannia Beach Furry Cr	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka WFO Woodley Is	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wyalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nowendoc (Beaufort)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cracow Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Campbellford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sanzar	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manilla (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Rossgole)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace (Wallaroo Stat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jundiai-Ia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

695 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 178, Heaviest daily rainfall 273, Heaviest daily snowfall 63, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 4 April 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	178
Heaviest daily rainfall	273
Heaviest daily snowfall	63
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 4 April 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 678.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

572 broken records

Margins by which the 572 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 166.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 1972

Top 20 records on 4 April 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 1972	Ra-Iz, RU	monthly rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1972	Yandina Post Office, AU	monthly rain	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1972	Madison, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1972	Palmwoods Post Office, AU	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1972	Marulan (George St), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1972	Avington, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1972	Lorne (Lorne Road), AU	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1972	Portage Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1972	Buderim Post Office, AU	monthly rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1972	Glenfield (Macquarie), AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1972	Mulbring (Vincent Street), AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1972	Garibaldi, CA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1972	Bringelly (Maryland), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1972	Ionia 2SSW, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1972	Millers Forest School, AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1972	Embrun, FR	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1972	Bald Hills Post Office, AU	monthly rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1972	Greta Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1972	Grong Grong (Berembed), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1972	Yanco (Billinbah East), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	71 years	38 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

1794 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1972. 1972 had 695 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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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	522
25 to 50	34
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1