Weather Records on 14 April 1976

874 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 April 1976. Highest significance: Truxton Canyon, US.

Key Facts for 14 April 1976

On 14 April 1976, 874 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
326 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 853 daily.
Truxton Canyon set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 14 April 1976.
Across 163 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

874 stations

874 station records on 14 April 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 April 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Truxton Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Redonda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Smythe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlett Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Youngs Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ear Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Corrente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pacatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Itupeva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caconde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gisela	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jaborandi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rietfontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Capel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	37.5 C (99.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ituverava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roelands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carius	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ladybrand (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Esmeril (Cpfl) B4-005	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Comercio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	118.0 cm (46.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brawley 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

874 records

Records set or tied on 14 April 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 108, Highest daily minimum 251, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 367, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 14 April 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	108
Highest daily minimum	251
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	367
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 14 April 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 853.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

736 broken records

Margins by which the 736 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 April 1976

Top 20 records on 14 April 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 April 1976	Truxton Canyon, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1976	Volta Redonda, BR	monthly rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1976	Smythe, ZA	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1976	Bartlett Dam, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1976	Youngs Siding, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1976	Ear Falls, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1976	Ribeirao Corrente, BR	daily rain	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1976	Chilliwack, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1976	Pacatuba, BR	daily rain	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1976	Itupeva, BR	daily rain	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1976	Caconde, BR	daily rain	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1976	Alton, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1976	Hatch, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1976	New Harmony, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1976	Gisela, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1976	Nannup, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1976	Barkerville, CA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1976	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1976	Luverne, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	77 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1976	Jaborandi, BR	monthly rain	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	38 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

1801 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1976. 1976 had 874 records.

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

Records on 04-14 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1825	1
1834	1
1836	1
1839	1
1842	2
1846	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	2
1856	2
1858	2
1859	1
1865	2
1866	1
1869	5
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1881	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	8
1891	1
1892	5
1893	1
1894	1
1896	7
1897	5
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	4
1902	3
1903	18
1904	33
1905	24
1906	15
1907	24
1908	11
1909	45
1910	22
1911	27
1912	29
1913	62
1914	34
1915	18
1916	34
1917	69
1918	28
1919	24
1920	106
1921	43
1922	97
1923	166
1924	143
1925	123
1926	199
1927	295
1928	518
1929	150
1930	308
1931	821
1932	247
1933	507
1934	398
1935	404
1936	539
1937	293
1938	728
1939	797
1940	1,051
1941	1,008
1942	326
1943	942
1944	227
1945	803
1946	212
1947	530
1948	362
1949	402
1950	1,104
1951	434
1952	527
1953	432
1954	997
1955	531
1956	369
1957	518
1958	421
1959	494
1960	306
1961	740
1962	660
1963	525
1964	443
1965	343
1966	362
1967	532
1968	676
1969	344
1970	728
1971	473
1972	1,107
1973	563
1974	722
1975	683
1976	874
1977	821
1978	322
1979	534
1980	1,509
1981	753
1982	711
1983	1,874
1984	398
1985	825
1986	1,422
1987	869
1988	1,011
1989	1,181
1990	1,189
1991	895
1992	817
1993	683
1994	805
1995	635
1996	972
1997	1,600
1998	1,336
1999	1,110
2000	1,177
2001	1,082
2002	1,315
2003	1,802
2004	1,047
2005	593
2006	1,601
2007	1,654
2008	1,097
2009	1,015
2010	739
2011	762
2012	693
2013	912
2014	1,420
2015	704
2016	481
2017	486
2018	1,110
2019	758
2020	1,428
2021	569
2022	1,484
2023	1,106
2024	1,208
2025	870
2026	1,067

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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	719
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1