Weather Records on 5 April 1986

800 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1986. Highest significance: Sulphur Springs, US.

Key Facts for 5 April 1986

On 5 April 1986, 800 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
443 were record highs and 102 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 779 daily.
Sulphur Springs set a daily record precipitation of 128.0 mm (5.0 in) on 5 April 1986.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

800 stations

800 station records on 5 April 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Keo	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Farmersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Owensville 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blunt	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.2 C (97.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lavon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kulani Camp 79	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Langley	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eslohe	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huichapan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Qulin	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashdown 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kassler	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jayuya	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Phitsanulok/Sarit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hopper	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arkabutla Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sanderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan L M Marin Intl AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Earth	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

800 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 181, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 262, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 224, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 5 April 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	181
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	262
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 5 April 1986 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 779.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

632 broken records

Margins by which the 632 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 1986

Top 20 records on 5 April 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1986	Sulphur Springs, US	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	59 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1986	Des Arc, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1986	Corning, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1986	Georgetown, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1986	Keo, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1986	Farmersville, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1986	Laguna Beach, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1986	Marianna 2 S, US	monthly rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1986	Sac City, US	monthly rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1986	Owensville 3E, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1986	Brinkley, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1986	Mt Pleasant, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1986	Algona, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1986	Ellington, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1986	Greenville Kgvl Radio, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1986	Echeta 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1986	Blunt, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1986	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily high max	36.2 C (97.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	101 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1986	Glenwood 4 NNE, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1986	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	40 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1986. 1986 had 800 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1986-04-05: 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 20	557
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	13
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1