Weather Records on 7 April 1976

329 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 1976. Highest significance: Wymore, US.

Key Facts for 7 April 1976

On 7 April 1976, 329 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 322 daily.
Wymore set a daily record precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 7 April 1976.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

329 stations

329 station records on 7 April 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 April 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wymore	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coppermine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Callahan	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mangochi	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cashmere Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.8 mm (5.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
South Johnstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.2 mm (5.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pachena Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record snow depth	155.0 cm (61.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	137.0 cm (53.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blackleaf	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gould	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Klintonel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Verma	Norway	Record snow depth	162.0 cm (63.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Enmuveem	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Medford Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harris	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Calistoga	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsley Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Park Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coppermine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mondy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redwing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yuinmery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naponee	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canaan Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Illgiddy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

329 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 150, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 7 April 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	150
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 7 April 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 322.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

270 broken records

Margins by which the 270 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 380.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 1976

Top 20 records on 7 April 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 1976	Wymore, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1976	Red Cloud, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1976	Coppermine, CA	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1976	Callahan, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1976	Taylor, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1976	Mangochi, MW	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1976	Franklin, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1976	Cashmere Downs, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1976	Beatrice, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	78 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1976	Stephan 2 NW, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	70 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1976	Red Bluff Muni AP, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	74 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1976	Deeral, AU	daily rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1976	Bingil Bay, AU	daily rain	136.8 mm (5.4 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1976	South Johnstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	143.2 mm (5.6 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1976	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	80 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1976	Highmore, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1976	Pachena Point, CA	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1976	Fairbury 7S, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1976	Forestburg 5 S, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1976	Liafoss, NO	daily snow depth	155.0 cm (61.0 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	61 years	29 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

1800 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1976. 1976 had 329 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 50	260
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1