Weather Records on 5 April 1977

880 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1977. Highest significance: White Sulphur Springs, US.

Key Facts for 5 April 1977

On 5 April 1977, 880 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
219 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 843 daily.
White Sulphur Springs set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 5 April 1977.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

880 stations

880 station records on 5 April 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gary	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Keahua 410	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Macalister Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Mogila)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Honokohua 493	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gholson 8 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bonalbo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flat Top	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
London Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brillion	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moosonee Ua	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.7 cm (6.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Steuben	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rumbulara Vineyards	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ituverava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pickensville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Negra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pedra Lavrada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Disraeli	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lagoa Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bruce 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

880 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 162, Lowest daily maximum 97, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 357, Heaviest daily snowfall 125, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 5 April 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	162
Lowest daily maximum	97
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	357
Heaviest daily snowfall	125
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 5 April 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 37, daily 843.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

735 broken records

Margins by which the 735 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 304.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1977

Top 20 records on 5 April 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1977	White Sulphur Springs, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1977	Beckley Va Hospital, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1977	Adairsville, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	78 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1977	Whitefish Pt, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1977	Gary, US	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1977	Long Lake Dam, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1977	Grand Marais 2 E, US	daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	23.2 cm (9.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1977	Oneonta, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1977	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1977	Keahua 410, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1977	Asheville, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1977	Macalister Post Office, AU	monthly rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1977	Goodooga (Mogila), AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1977	Cordova 2 ENE, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1977	Middlesboro Fire Dept, US	monthly rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1977	Charlevoix, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1977	Detour Village, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1977	Honokohua 493, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1977	Gholson 8 W, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1977	Bonalbo Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	43 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

1809 to 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1977. 1977 had 880 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1977-04-05: 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	689
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1