Weather Records on 10 April 1981

701 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 April 1981. Highest significance: Bonneville Dam, US.

Key Facts for 10 April 1981

On 10 April 1981, 701 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
476 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 690 daily.
Bonneville Dam set a monthly record daily precipitation of 123.2 mm (4.9 in) on 10 April 1981.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

701 stations

701 station records on 10 April 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 April 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bonneville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Trang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wistaria	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.4 cm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Muroran	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Mitchell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goose A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nkhata Bay	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Murwillumbah (Taleswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fundao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Malhada de Pedras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goose A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	36.3 cm (14.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jetmore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Indianapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ilfracombe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mazapa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Katsuura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calvillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gumlu Days Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Makanga	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jian	China	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Utuado	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Lorenzana	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Searcy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Scott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

701 records

Records set or tied on 10 April 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 173, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 303, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 10.

Records on 10 April 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	173
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	303
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 April 1981 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 690.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

556 broken records

Margins by which the 556 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 April 1981

Top 20 records on 10 April 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 April 1981	Bonneville Dam, US	monthly rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1981	Trang, TH	monthly rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1981	Jefferson 3SE, US	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	86 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1981	Wistaria, CA	daily snowfall	14.4 cm (5.7 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1981	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	111 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1981	Muroran, JP	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1981	Milwaukee Mitchell AP, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1981	Oujda, MA	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	68 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1981	Goose A, CA	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1981	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily high min	11.8 C (53.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1981	Scott City, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1981	Danville, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	78 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1981	Holton, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	78 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1981	Santander Centro, ES	daily high min	16.8 C (62.2 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1981	Paris Stp, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1981	El Reno 1 N, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	78 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1981	Moncton, CA	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	66 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1981	Sidney 1SSE, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	84 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1981	Two Harbors, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 April 1981	Carrollton, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	33 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

1793 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1981. 1981 had 701 records.

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

Records on 04-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1805	1
1809	2
1812	3
1842	2
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1854	1
1863	2
1864	2
1865	2
1869	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	2
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	5
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	8
1901	4
1902	4
1903	10
1904	12
1905	21
1906	24
1907	13
1908	8
1909	37
1910	15
1911	17
1912	55
1913	27
1914	25
1915	61
1916	94
1917	64
1918	43
1919	39
1920	66
1921	44
1922	178
1923	71
1924	119
1925	143
1926	86
1927	205
1928	245
1929	290
1930	646
1931	107
1932	290
1933	392
1934	237
1935	253
1936	186
1937	254
1938	401
1939	363
1940	252
1941	402
1942	548
1943	577
1944	718
1945	1,031
1946	287
1947	355
1948	335
1949	294
1950	599
1951	394
1952	793
1953	601
1954	243
1955	650
1956	377
1957	411
1958	326
1959	527
1960	683
1961	734
1962	258
1963	446
1964	239
1965	770
1966	537
1967	549
1968	498
1969	545
1970	521
1971	569
1972	639
1973	2,070
1974	935
1975	850
1976	431
1977	1,430
1978	1,233
1979	875
1980	654
1981	701
1982	1,138
1983	1,170
1984	548
1985	1,391
1986	562
1987	403
1988	764
1989	1,835
1990	1,135
1991	1,101
1992	929
1993	583
1994	844
1995	1,811
1996	1,475
1997	2,935
1998	899
1999	1,738
2000	651
2001	1,792
2002	589
2003	1,431
2004	548
2005	886
2006	650
2007	848
2008	1,141
2009	1,031
2010	574
2011	1,880
2012	846
2013	1,703
2014	615
2015	667
2016	921
2017	846
2018	861
2019	636
2020	712
2021	749
2022	783
2023	835
2024	713
2025	796
2026	840

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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 20	536
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2