Weather Records on 1 April 1985

826 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 1985. Highest significance: Jackson, US.

Key Facts for 1 April 1985

On 1 April 1985, 826 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
212 were record highs and 230 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 67 monthly and 759 daily.
Jackson set a monthly record snow depth of 76.2 cm (30.0 in) on 1 April 1985.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

826 stations

826 station records on 1 April 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 April 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jackson	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Idaho Falls 46 W	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow Rsvr Tomahawk	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Adak AP	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	166.5 mm (6.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mitzic	Gabon	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sabancuy	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hamer 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls FAA AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Motul	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mansfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Telchac Puerto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
N Stratford	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Twr 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Corinna	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta State AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pitas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
N Creek 5 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chaska	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Breakwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Picinguaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kern River Ph 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

826 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 107, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 134, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Heaviest daily snowfall 137, Deepest snow cover 90.

Records on 1 April 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	107
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	134
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	137
Deepest snow cover	90

Records on 1 April 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 67, daily 759.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

655 broken records

Margins by which the 655 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 April 1985

Top 20 records on 1 April 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 1985	Jackson, US	monthly snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	78 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1985	Idaho Falls 46 W, US	monthly snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1985	Rainbow Rsvr Tomahawk, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1985	Adak AP, US	monthly snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1985	Bairro Alto, BR	monthly rain	166.5 mm (6.6 in)	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1985	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1985	Hutchinson 1 N, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1985	Mitzic, GA	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1985	Winnebago, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1985	Marshalltown, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	91 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1985	Hastings Dam 2, US	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	1 year	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1985	Sabancuy, MX	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1985	Hamer 4 NW, US	monthly snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1985	Idaho Falls FAA AP, US	monthly snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1985	Motul, MX	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1985	Litchfield, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1985	Maria Island (Darlington), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1985	Salida, US	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1985	Albert Lea 3SE, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1985	Milford, US	monthly snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	12 years	44 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

1803 to 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1985. 1985 had 826 records.

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

Records on 04-01 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1805	1
1808	1
1813	1
1815	3
1819	1
1830	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	1
1855	3
1856	1
1861	2
1862	2
1865	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1881	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	5
1892	1
1893	2
1896	4
1897	5
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	4
1902	4
1903	12
1904	29
1905	10
1906	7
1907	24
1908	5
1909	13
1910	26
1911	27
1912	31
1913	35
1914	37
1915	25
1916	35
1917	80
1918	51
1919	165
1920	65
1921	46
1922	98
1923	319
1924	257
1925	111
1926	234
1927	326
1928	194
1929	336
1930	153
1931	846
1932	292
1933	188
1934	153
1935	424
1936	1,248
1937	192
1938	461
1939	226
1940	840
1941	285
1942	209
1943	319
1944	266
1945	880
1946	1,172
1947	390
1948	590
1949	308
1950	455
1951	406
1952	419
1953	249
1954	493
1955	288
1956	744
1957	314
1958	535
1959	821
1960	295
1961	496
1962	652
1963	1,123
1964	951
1965	678
1966	689
1967	928
1968	377
1969	611
1970	894
1971	384
1972	510
1973	680
1974	894
1975	1,806
1976	767
1977	524
1978	1,013
1979	738
1980	797
1981	1,115
1982	884
1983	643
1984	662
1985	826
1986	982
1987	1,762
1988	1,259
1989	1,098
1990	952
1991	693
1992	981
1993	783
1994	739
1995	1,056
1996	996
1997	1,255
1998	1,703
1999	1,341
2000	690
2001	575
2002	985
2003	1,366
2004	926
2005	1,086
2006	929
2007	963
2008	1,457
2009	846
2010	1,022
2011	1,105
2012	1,327
2013	719
2014	657
2015	606
2016	842
2017	792
2018	870
2019	674
2020	719
2021	790
2022	853
2023	1,069
2024	788
2025	779
2026	1,042

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Data for records on 1985-04-01: 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	557
50 to 100	64
100 to 150	25
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2