Weather Records on 4 April 1994

726 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 1994. Highest significance: Pony, US.

Key Facts for 4 April 1994

On 4 April 1994, 726 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
227 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 714 daily.
Pony set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 4 April 1994.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

726 stations

726 station records on 4 April 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pony	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Bramsche	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dusseldorf-Sudfriedhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Harlowton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Colby 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Island Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lennep 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pony	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Austin 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cotonou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zweelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Broadalbin	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Moose 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead 9 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pony	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Archer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Candor 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fishs Eddy	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Legaspi	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bjoernoeya	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Puntilla	United States	Record snow depth	215.9 cm (85.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zuara	Libya	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandia Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bitter Lakes Wl Refuge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alder 17 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

726 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 357, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 4 April 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	357
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 4 April 1994 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 714.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

621 broken records

Margins by which the 621 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 737.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 1994

Top 20 records on 4 April 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 1994	Pony, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	99 years	79 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1994	Bramsche, DE	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1994	Hissar, IN	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 April 1994	Dusseldorf-Sudfriedhof, DE	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1994	Rotenburg (Wumme), DE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1994	Harlowton, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1994	Creston, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1994	Colby 1SW, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1994	Island Park, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1994	Lennep 5 SW, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1994	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1994	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1994	Stephan 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1994	Pony, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1994	Camp Crook, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1994	Melville 4 W, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1994	Austin 1 W, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1994	Cotonou, BJ	daily rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1994	Martinsdale 3 NNW, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1994	Chama, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	84 years	39 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

1794 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1994. 1994 had 726 records.

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

Records on 04-04 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1808	1
1809	1
1815	2
1819	1
1853	1
1857	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1891	1
1892	6
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	4
1900	7
1901	12
1902	2
1903	17
1904	6
1905	23
1906	7
1907	9
1908	20
1909	15
1910	48
1911	55
1912	25
1913	31
1914	13
1915	52
1916	65
1917	36
1918	37
1919	27
1920	89
1921	205
1922	39
1923	101
1924	51
1925	126
1926	206
1927	203
1928	625
1929	1,320
1930	86
1931	201
1932	193
1933	167
1934	656
1935	402
1936	714
1937	344
1938	201
1939	243
1940	392
1941	353
1942	537
1943	456
1944	975
1945	806
1946	459
1947	397
1948	202
1949	458
1950	1,044
1951	352
1952	348
1953	332
1954	742
1955	448
1956	426
1957	984
1958	492
1959	524
1960	756
1961	525
1962	308
1963	586
1964	675
1965	443
1966	469
1967	438
1968	640
1969	424
1970	438
1971	560
1972	695
1973	511
1974	1,356
1975	1,981
1976	353
1977	780
1978	497
1979	984
1980	690
1981	1,393
1982	1,251
1983	1,202
1984	762
1985	865
1986	810
1987	2,317
1988	1,119
1989	668
1990	826
1991	957
1992	1,270
1993	733
1994	726
1995	935
1996	699
1997	1,538
1998	931
1999	1,575
2000	1,371
2001	1,040
2002	989
2003	1,055
2004	782
2005	1,070
2006	911
2007	1,009
2008	860
2009	1,068
2010	758
2011	1,155
2012	830
2013	938
2014	705
2015	452
2016	795
2017	603
2018	1,196
2019	407
2020	914
2021	1,341
2022	1,014
2023	2,058
2024	966
2025	1,330
2026	894

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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 100	604
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1