Weather Records on 7 April 1975

1,305 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 1975. Highest significance: Poplar 2 E, US.

Key Facts for 7 April 1975

On 7 April 1975, 1,305 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
185 were record highs and 624 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 65 monthly and 1,239 daily.
Poplar 2 E set a daily record snow depth of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 7 April 1975.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

1,305 stations

1,305 station records on 7 April 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 April 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Crown King	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Newport	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sidney	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Auburn	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dillinger	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ovando	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Westby	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manyberries Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sloan	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manyberries Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dillinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas Hensley Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Itapicuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uvalde	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgewick	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Junipine	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Y Lightning Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mariposa	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lyman	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,305 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 400, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 224, Heaviest daily rainfall 267, Heaviest daily snowfall 122, Deepest snow cover 107.

Records on 7 April 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	400
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	224
Heaviest daily rainfall	267
Heaviest daily snowfall	122
Deepest snow cover	107

Records on 7 April 1975 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 65, daily 1,239.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,068 broken records

Margins by which the 1,068 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 1975

Top 20 records on 7 April 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 1975	Poplar 2 E, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1975	Crown King, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1975	Howell Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1975	Eureka, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1975	Newport, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1975	Sidney, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1975	Auburn, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1975	Redig 11 NE, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1975	Greer, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1975	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1975	Dillinger, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1975	Ovando, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1975	Hettinger, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1975	Clark, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1975	Westby, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1975	Manyberries Cda, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1975	Menard, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1975	Lockport 2SE, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1975	Sloan, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1975	Manyberries Cda, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	41 years	46 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

1800 to 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1975. 1975 had 1,305 records.

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

Records on 04-07 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1808	1
1809	3
1811	1
1815	2
1839	1
1844	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	2
1859	1
1863	1
1864	4
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	2
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	3
1891	2
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	8
1900	5
1901	6
1902	14
1903	10
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	33
1908	20
1909	33
1910	24
1911	24
1912	59
1913	55
1914	23
1915	33
1916	62
1917	83
1918	37
1919	157
1920	63
1921	319
1922	57
1923	83
1924	138
1925	152
1926	343
1927	99
1928	378
1929	835
1930	327
1931	406
1932	132
1933	174
1934	230
1935	381
1936	1,184
1937	170
1938	803
1939	956
1940	294
1941	258
1942	420
1943	720
1944	166
1945	356
1946	397
1947	278
1948	734
1949	237
1950	1,030
1951	311
1952	491
1953	425
1954	514
1955	198
1956	458
1957	293
1958	358
1959	384
1960	532
1961	665
1962	572
1963	630
1964	457
1965	342
1966	302
1967	569
1968	302
1969	449
1970	494
1971	1,260
1972	1,290
1973	722
1974	576
1975	1,305
1976	329
1977	1,050
1978	686
1979	691
1980	497
1981	353
1982	3,747
1983	1,517
1984	583
1985	599
1986	901
1987	724
1988	1,402
1989	1,386
1990	813
1991	2,007
1992	693
1993	590
1994	1,144
1995	897
1996	1,112
1997	1,996
1998	1,231
1999	898
2000	634
2001	1,556
2002	755
2003	2,205
2004	554
2005	1,002
2006	856
2007	2,249
2008	807
2009	1,183
2010	1,691
2011	1,187
2012	514
2013	693
2014	936
2015	658
2016	793
2017	692
2018	1,980
2019	604
2020	529
2021	758
2022	818
2023	844
2024	1,360
2025	645
2026	381

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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 100	1,000
100 to 200	46
200 to 300	12
300 to 400	7
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	1