Weather Records on 5 April 1976

335 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1976. Highest significance: Jeddo 3S, US.

Key Facts for 5 April 1976

On 5 April 1976, 335 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 329 daily.
Jeddo 3S set an all-time record daily precipitation of 216.2 mm (8.5 in) on 5 April 1976.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

335 stations

335 station records on 5 April 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jeddo 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	216.2 mm (8.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby (Carovale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aunet	Norway	Record snow depth	151.0 cm (59.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ames	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	121.0 cm (47.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record snow depth	154.0 cm (60.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	131.0 cm (51.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Schulenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kandi	Benin	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cruz Do Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gavriila Buhta	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Apuka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.0 C (-18.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Korf	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.5 C (-21.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Klimpfjall	Sweden	Record snow depth	147.0 cm (57.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Lock Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jogeva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton 3 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sterlitamak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kropacevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bannister Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zharyk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soledad de Doblado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Illabo (Clock Museum)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tooma	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karaganda	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Badiraguato (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

335 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 152, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 5 April 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 5 April 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 329.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

265 broken records

Margins by which the 265 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1976

Top 20 records on 5 April 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1976	Jeddo 3S, US	all-time rain	216.2 mm (8.5 in)	72.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	71 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1976	New Braunfels, US	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	79 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1976	Alice, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1976	Flatonia 4SE, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1976	Luling, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1976	Palomar Mtn Obsy, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1976	Rugby (Carovale), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1976	Cargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1976	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	30.7 C (87.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	99 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1976	Lysebotn, NO	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1976	Aunet, NO	daily snow depth	151.0 cm (59.4 in)	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	74 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1976	Fredericksburg, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1976	Hebbronville, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1976	Ames, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1976	Smithville, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1976	Bjelasnica, BA	daily high min	1.4 C (34.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	75 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1976	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily snow depth	121.0 cm (47.6 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1976	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	55 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1976	Saint Paul Is AP, US	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 1976	Liafoss, NO	daily snow depth	154.0 cm (60.6 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	61 years	27 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1976. 1976 had 335 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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Data for records on 1976-04-05: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	252
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	3