Weather Records on 5 April 1972

685 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1972. Highest significance: Low Head (Comparison), AU.

Key Facts for 5 April 1972

On 5 April 1972, 685 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
337 were record highs and 200 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 670 daily.
Low Head (Comparison) set a monthly record high maximum temperature of 25.6 C (78.1 F) on 5 April 1972.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

685 stations

685 station records on 5 April 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Denver	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Falls River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hardwick	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lamounier	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quartzsite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Grant	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Condon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chilton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cachoeiras de Macacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Grant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Victorville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alliston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke City	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lacrosse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

685 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 126, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 211, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 89, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 5 April 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	126
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	211
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	89
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 5 April 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 670.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

493 broken records

Margins by which the 493 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1972

Top 20 records on 5 April 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1972	Low Head (Comparison), AU	monthly high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1972	New Denver, CA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1972	Kent, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1972	Hvar, HR	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	94 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1972	Lake 2 N, US	monthly high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1972	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1972	Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp, US	monthly low min	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1972	Bremerton, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	71 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1972	Sonnblick, AT	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1972	Zinder, NE	daily low max	31.0 C (87.8 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1972	Lodi, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1972	Hawthorne AP, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	75 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1972	Oconto 4 W, US	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	73 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1972	Falls River, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1972	Newton, US	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	73 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1972	Hardwick, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1972	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1972	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	70 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1972	Lamounier, BR	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1972	Quartzsite, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	58 years	31 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1972. 1972 had 685 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

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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 20	463
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2