Weather Records on 19 April 1986

522 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 April 1986. Highest significance: Gotska Sandon, SE.

Key Facts for 19 April 1986

On 19 April 1986, 522 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 502 daily.
Gotska Sandon set a monthly record daily precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 19 April 1986.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

522 stations

522 station records on 19 April 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 April 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Gabes	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Zomerkomst (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Podor	Senegal	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Letaba Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Goedehoop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
York Plains (Handroyd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (the Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Norrveda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ronneby-Bredakra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Archer City 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury (Warringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shenyang	China	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
De Hoek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vlakplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ross (Macquarie River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Masvingo	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook (Cranbrook House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tovehult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madill	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Connorville (Lake River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rietvallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bosbokrand (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oskarshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Swaziland Ranch-Homest	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clifford Chambers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Broederstroom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malelane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.1 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Changchun	China	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gascon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dekalb	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gascon	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hugo	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Healesville (Badger Crk Sanctu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salgado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tapalpa (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Martenshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boswell 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

522 records

Records set or tied on 19 April 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 301, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 19 April 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	301
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 19 April 1986 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 502.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

436 broken records

Margins by which the 436 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 April 1986

Top 20 records on 19 April 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 April 1986	Gotska Sandon, SE	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	95 years	73 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1986	Estancia 4N, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1986	Gabes, TN	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1986	Zomerkomst (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	190.0 mm (7.5 in)	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	36 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1986	Podor, SN	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	8 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1986	Letaba Estates, ZA	daily rain	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1986	Valencia Estates, ZA	daily rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	94.1 mm (3.7 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1986	Leeuwfontein, ZA	daily rain	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1986	Goedehoop (Bos), ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1986	Stonehouse, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1986	York Plains (Handroyd), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1986	Woodbury (the Braes), AU	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1986	Budgeree East (Claremont), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1986	Norrveda, SE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1986	Ronneby-Bredakra, SE	all-time rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1986	Archer City 2W, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1986	Woodbury (Warringa), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1986	Shenyang, CN	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1986	De Hoek (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1986	Vlakplaats, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	47 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

1807 to 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1986. 1986 had 522 records.

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

Records on 04-19 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1814	1
1840	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	2
1851	2
1852	3
1854	1
1860	2
1862	1
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1890	7
1892	3
1893	5
1894	15
1895	6
1896	3
1897	4
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	4
1902	3
1903	16
1904	31
1905	5
1906	23
1907	27
1908	14
1909	43
1910	37
1911	31
1912	14
1913	29
1914	42
1915	32
1916	26
1917	26
1918	53
1919	25
1920	66
1921	34
1922	46
1923	106
1924	99
1925	208
1926	421
1927	609
1928	404
1929	167
1930	70
1931	164
1932	125
1933	242
1934	291
1935	256
1936	382
1937	569
1938	433
1939	383
1940	361
1941	747
1942	254
1943	588
1944	290
1945	295
1946	501
1947	314
1948	817
1949	384
1950	211
1951	576
1952	450
1953	1,158
1954	342
1955	858
1956	480
1957	576
1958	268
1959	526
1960	216
1961	759
1962	567
1963	510
1964	478
1965	578
1966	1,188
1967	915
1968	612
1969	697
1970	943
1971	721
1972	573
1973	811
1974	593
1975	584
1976	863
1977	686
1978	616
1979	592
1980	844
1981	677
1982	641
1983	2,588
1984	720
1985	1,388
1986	522
1987	1,493
1988	1,100
1989	881
1990	1,502
1991	1,068
1992	594
1993	613
1994	1,117
1995	1,347
1996	751
1997	899
1998	1,049
1999	794
2000	963
2001	1,135
2002	1,612
2003	824
2004	783
2005	851
2006	1,111
2007	759
2008	926
2009	737
2010	600
2011	1,363
2012	660
2013	2,068
2014	436
2015	692
2016	813
2017	485
2018	1,490
2019	856
2020	444
2021	640
2022	1,166
2023	828
2024	790
2025	1,135
2026	460

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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 50	419
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1