Weather Records on 25 April 1976

561 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 April 1976. Highest significance: Port Dalhousie, CA.

Key Facts for 25 April 1976

On 25 April 1976, 561 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 547 daily.
Port Dalhousie set a daily record precipitation of 37.3 mm (1.5 in) on 25 April 1976.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

561 stations

561 station records on 25 April 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 April 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Dalhousie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kasumkent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ordubad	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
London Int'l Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Shand Dam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridges	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Niagara Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cormorant	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sal'jny	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Lester B. Pearson Int'	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Attenkam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Evelyn State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland Station	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	73.0 cm (28.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

561 records

Records set or tied on 25 April 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 254, Heaviest daily snowfall 74, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 25 April 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	74
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 25 April 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 547.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

487 broken records

Margins by which the 487 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 540.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 April 1976

Top 20 records on 25 April 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 April 1976	Port Dalhousie, CA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	64 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1976	Racine Wwtp, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 April 1976	Mount Forest, CA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1976	Kasumkent, RU	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1976	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	82 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1976	Central Michigan UNIV, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1976	Morgan, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1976	Chicago UNIV, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1976	Lucknow, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1976	Derbent, RU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1976	Syracuse Hancock Intl AP, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1976	Ordubad, AZ	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1976	Mount Forest, CA	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1976	Dubois, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1976	Deer Park AP, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1976	London Int'l Airport, CA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1976	Toronto, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.1 cm (0.8 in)	101 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1976	Huntington, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	78 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1976	Belleville, CA	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	109 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 April 1976	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high min	15.2 C (59.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	86 years	42 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

1794 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1976. 1976 had 561 records.

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

Records on 04-25 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1796	1
1805	1
1807	1
1808	1
1812	1
1813	1
1817	2
1841	1
1842	1
1844	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	1
1854	7
1856	1
1857	3
1861	1
1862	1
1865	2
1867	2
1873	3
1874	4
1875	2
1882	2
1883	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	2
1888	3
1889	3
1890	9
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1895	1
1897	1
1898	1
1899	2
1901	6
1902	3
1903	29
1904	10
1905	8
1906	20
1907	22
1908	26
1909	47
1910	42
1911	14
1912	16
1913	53
1914	14
1915	82
1916	54
1917	28
1918	136
1919	103
1920	41
1921	83
1922	66
1923	95
1924	142
1925	231
1926	439
1927	175
1928	143
1929	288
1930	280
1931	269
1932	362
1933	133
1934	360
1935	248
1936	175
1937	494
1938	375
1939	371
1940	534
1941	223
1942	644
1943	340
1944	294
1945	638
1946	379
1947	324
1948	599
1949	572
1950	647
1951	370
1952	636
1953	369
1954	767
1955	644
1956	607
1957	442
1958	569
1959	385
1960	992
1961	563
1962	1,116
1963	437
1964	538
1965	526
1966	541
1967	837
1968	1,011
1969	419
1970	462
1971	629
1972	508
1973	434
1974	919
1975	764
1976	561
1977	812
1978	696
1979	622
1980	784
1981	900
1982	628
1983	1,860
1984	874
1985	649
1986	1,031
1987	1,009
1988	736
1989	1,382
1990	1,553
1991	1,003
1992	1,032
1993	862
1994	1,200
1995	1,128
1996	866
1997	1,348
1998	777
1999	986
2000	1,026
2001	1,170
2002	1,194
2003	859
2004	801
2005	1,435
2006	791
2007	1,149
2008	998
2009	1,366
2010	862
2011	1,166
2012	1,676
2013	1,193
2014	469
2015	743
2016	692
2017	705
2018	660
2019	660
2020	477
2021	386
2022	588
2023	540
2024	485
2025	493
2026	581

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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	475
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1