Weather Records on 5 April 1982

1,964 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1982. Highest significance: Van Wert 1 S, US.

Key Facts for 5 April 1982

On 5 April 1982, 1,964 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
281 were record highs and 1,080 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 161 monthly and 1,800 daily.
Van Wert 1 S set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 5 April 1982.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

1,964 stations

1,964 station records on 5 April 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Walnut	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Machiques-Granja M.A.C.	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dalhousie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodslee Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Challenge Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blockton 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Huron	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mad River Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Mitchell AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Broadview	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nymboida (Armidale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,964 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 182, Lowest daily maximum 699, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 381, Heaviest daily rainfall 142, Heaviest daily snowfall 319, Deepest snow cover 142.

Records on 5 April 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	182
Lowest daily maximum	699
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	381
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	319
Deepest snow cover	142

Records on 5 April 1982 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 161, daily 1,800.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,578 broken records

Margins by which the 1,578 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 813.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1982

Top 20 records on 5 April 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1982	Van Wert 1 S, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	88 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1982	Pelee Island, CA	monthly snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1982	Delphi 2 N, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	88 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1982	Walnut, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.4 cm (5.7 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1982	Tiskilwa 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	85 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1982	Oconomowoc Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.4 cm (5.7 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1982	Windsor A, CA	daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1982	Buffelsklip, ZA	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1982	Machiques-Granja M.A.C., VE	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1982	Port Dalhousie, CA	daily snowfall	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1982	Woodslee Cda, CA	monthly snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	7 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1982	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1982	Indianola 1SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1982	Mt Ayr, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	86 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1982	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1982	Challenge Rs, US	monthly rain	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1982	Portola, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1982	Lake Mills Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1982	West Bend, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1982	Harrow Cda, CA	monthly snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	24 years	48 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1982. 1982 had 1,964 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

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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 200	1,573
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	2
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1