Weather Records on 14 April 1981

753 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 April 1981. Highest significance: Montpelier, US.

Key Facts for 14 April 1981

On 14 April 1981, 753 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
291 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 719 daily.
Montpelier set a daily record precipitation of 61.7 mm (2.4 in) on 14 April 1981.
Across 163 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

753 stations

753 station records on 14 April 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 April 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Red Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Salinillas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nitchequon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.2 cm (13.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nitchequon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Taquarucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ndola	Zambia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel El Alto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jose Cardel	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Siquirichi (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Disposal Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wink FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Brillion	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Progreso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lampazos (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pinos (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bishopton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gulca	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mazapil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peotone	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Utica Starved Rock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jal	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trent	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waiopai Rch 256	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calderones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

753 records

Records set or tied on 14 April 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 163, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 327, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 14 April 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	163
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	327
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 April 1981 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 32, daily 719.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

615 broken records

Margins by which the 615 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 April 1981

Top 20 records on 14 April 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 April 1981	Montpelier, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	78 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 April 1981	Rochester, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
14 April 1981	Red Bluff Dam, US	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 April 1981	Salinillas, MX	monthly rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 April 1981	Plymouth Pwr Substn, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 April 1981	Nitchequon, CA	monthly snowfall	34.2 cm (13.5 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1981	Nitchequon, CA	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1981	Taquarucu, BR	all-time rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1981	Beaver Falls 1 NE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1981	Ndola, ZM	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1981	Winamac 2SSE, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1981	Wheatfield, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1981	San Miguel El Alto, MX	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1981	Jose Cardel, MX	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1981	Kaneohe Bay MCAS, US	monthly rain	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1981	Warsaw, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	0 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1981	Marseilles Lock/Dam, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1981	Angola, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1981	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 April 1981	Siquirichi (Smn), MX	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 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

1801 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1981. 1981 had 753 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 20	571
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1