Weather Records on 4 April 1979

984 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 1979. Highest significance: Poltava, UA.

Key Facts for 4 April 1979

On 4 April 1979, 984 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
79 were record highs and 281 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 925 daily.
Poltava set a monthly record daily precipitation of 45.6 mm (1.8 in) on 4 April 1979.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

984 stations

984 station records on 4 April 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Krasnohrad	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Komisarivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.1 cm (6.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arrozeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seeley Lake Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pavlograd	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Analandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Whatley	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Certkovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Imeny_T.G.Shevchenko	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bogalusa	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Foremost	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Do Chicao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.6 cm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gaffney 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valujki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodslee Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.8 cm (5.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sebeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Niagara Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Catkal River	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lozova	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Level 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

984 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 202, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 419, Heaviest daily snowfall 127, Deepest snow cover 78.

Records on 4 April 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	202
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	419
Heaviest daily snowfall	127
Deepest snow cover	78

Records on 4 April 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 59, daily 925.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

837 broken records

Margins by which the 837 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1194.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 1979

Top 20 records on 4 April 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 1979	Poltava, UA	monthly rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1979	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	daily rain	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1979	Ashland, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	78 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1979	Krasnohrad, UA	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1979	Poplarville Exp STN, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1979	Komisarivka, UA	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1979	Newberry, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1979	Woodstock, CA	daily snowfall	17.1 cm (6.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1979	Minden, CA	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1979	Greenville, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1979	Concrete Ppl Fish STN, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1979	Outtrim, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	85 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1979	Arrozeira, BR	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1979	Seeley Lake Rs, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1979	Siler City 2 N, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1979	Talbotton, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1979	Richmond, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1979	Belleville, CA	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1979	Pavlograd, UA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1979	Thomasville, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	61 years	46 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1979. 1979 had 984 records.

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

Records on 04-04 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1808	1
1809	1
1815	2
1819	1
1853	1
1857	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1891	1
1892	6
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	4
1900	7
1901	12
1902	2
1903	17
1904	6
1905	23
1906	7
1907	9
1908	20
1909	15
1910	48
1911	55
1912	25
1913	31
1914	13
1915	52
1916	65
1917	36
1918	37
1919	27
1920	89
1921	205
1922	39
1923	101
1924	51
1925	126
1926	206
1927	203
1928	625
1929	1,320
1930	86
1931	201
1932	193
1933	167
1934	656
1935	402
1936	714
1937	344
1938	201
1939	243
1940	392
1941	353
1942	537
1943	456
1944	975
1945	806
1946	459
1947	397
1948	202
1949	458
1950	1,044
1951	352
1952	348
1953	332
1954	742
1955	448
1956	426
1957	984
1958	492
1959	524
1960	756
1961	525
1962	308
1963	586
1964	675
1965	443
1966	469
1967	438
1968	640
1969	424
1970	438
1971	560
1972	695
1973	511
1974	1,356
1975	1,981
1976	353
1977	780
1978	497
1979	984
1980	690
1981	1,393
1982	1,251
1983	1,202
1984	762
1985	865
1986	810
1987	2,317
1988	1,119
1989	668
1990	826
1991	957
1992	1,270
1993	733
1994	726
1995	935
1996	699
1997	1,538
1998	931
1999	1,575
2000	1,371
2001	1,040
2002	989
2003	1,055
2004	782
2005	1,070
2006	911
2007	1,009
2008	860
2009	1,068
2010	758
2011	1,155
2012	830
2013	938
2014	705
2015	452
2016	795
2017	603
2018	1,196
2019	407
2020	914
2021	1,341
2022	1,014
2023	2,058
2024	966
2025	1,330
2026	894

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Data for records on 1979-04-04: 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 200	836
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1