Weather Records on 4 April 1976

353 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 1976. Highest significance: Goose A, CA.

Key Facts for 4 April 1976

On 4 April 1976, 353 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 338 daily.
Goose A set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 4 April 1976.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

353 stations

353 station records on 4 April 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goose A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Utrecht (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arteaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brakpan (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Olinda (Andreza)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aunet	Norway	Record snow depth	152.0 cm (59.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montpellier-Aeroport	France	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Verma	Norway	Record snow depth	138.0 cm (54.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Klintonel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corner Brook	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	121.0 cm (47.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Riomedina	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lost River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Korf	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-30.1 C (-22.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boswell 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Poteet	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ibimirim (Jeritaco)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Wood	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Lake	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Klimpfjall	Sweden	Record snow depth	147.0 cm (57.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Natitingou	Benin	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tillabery	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	36.9 C (98.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	131.0 cm (51.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Golomjannyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Agustin Metziquititlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rzev	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarandacuao	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zinapecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

353 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 152, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 4 April 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 4 April 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 338.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

291 broken records

Margins by which the 291 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 1976

Top 20 records on 4 April 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 1976	Goose A, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1976	Utrecht (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1976	Arteaga (Smn), MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1976	Brakpan (Mun), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1976	Fort Macleod, CA	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1976	Kingsville, US	all-time rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1976	Nova Olinda (Andreza), BR	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1976	Junction 4SSW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1976	Sombrerete (Dge), MX	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	55 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1976	Aunet, NO	daily snow depth	152.0 cm (59.8 in)	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	74 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1976	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1976	Sarita 7 E, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1976	Montpellier-Aeroport, FR	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1976	Grand Falls, CA	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1976	Osijek, HR	daily high max	26.4 C (79.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	75 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1976	Santa Rosa, MX	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1976	Kendall, US	daily snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	72 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1976	Verma, NO	daily snow depth	138.0 cm (54.3 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	70 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1976	Tuscola, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	67 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 April 1976	Buffalo, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	28 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

1794 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1976. 1976 had 353 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 50	281
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	1