Weather Records on 5 April 1984

703 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1984. Highest significance: Las Escobas, MX.

Key Facts for 5 April 1984

On 5 April 1984, 703 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 184 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 664 daily.
Las Escobas set a monthly record daily precipitation of 40.1 mm (1.6 in) on 5 April 1984.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

703 stations

703 station records on 5 April 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Las Escobas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dobbs Ferry-Ardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Senador Pompeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	118.2 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Essex Fells Svc Bldg	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
San Telmo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Heidenrod-Mappershain	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Javier	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
West Buxton 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tsabong	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seesen	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kaltennordheim	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ny Westerleigh Stat Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nurburg	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ny Ave V Brooklyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arneiroz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kall-Sistig	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ibirite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.8 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waltershausen	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canistear Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indiana 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Long Pond Pocono Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Neukirchen-Hauptschwenda	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lakehurst AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hilok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Glade	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City 6 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albright	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brandonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eslohe	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Long Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melo Franco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

703 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 101, Heaviest daily rainfall 324, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 91.

Records on 5 April 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	101
Heaviest daily rainfall	324
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	91

Records on 5 April 1984 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 39, daily 664.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

597 broken records

Margins by which the 597 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1984

Top 20 records on 5 April 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1984	Las Escobas, MX	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1984	Dobbs Ferry-Ardsley, US	monthly rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1984	Senador Pompeu, BR	monthly rain	118.2 mm (4.7 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1984	Essex Fells Svc Bldg, US	monthly rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	3 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1984	San Telmo, MX	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1984	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1984	Heidenrod-Mappershain, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1984	San Javier, MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1984	Lewiston, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1984	West Buxton 2 NNW, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1984	O'Neill, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1984	Tsabong, BW	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1984	Marion Ctr 2 SE, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1984	Seesen, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1984	Somerset, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1984	Kaltennordheim, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1984	Oak Ridge Rsvr, US	monthly rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1984	Ny Westerleigh Stat Is, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1984	Nurburg, DE	daily snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1984	Little Falls, US	monthly rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	59 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

1809 to 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1984. 1984 had 703 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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Data for records on 1984-04-05: 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	547
50 to 100	33
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1