Weather Records on 20 April 1994

756 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 April 1994. Highest significance: Mohyliv-Podilskyi, UA.

Key Facts for 20 April 1994

On 20 April 1994, 756 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
494 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 728 daily.
Mohyliv-Podilskyi set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 20 April 1994.
Across 159 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

756 stations

756 station records on 20 April 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 April 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mohyliv-Podilskyi	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Abre Campo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burarama (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aracaiba (Capoeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laranja da Terra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Grupo Tres	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin 91	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wenzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Calitzdorp (Dam)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ipanema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bom Jesus Do Galho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
South Pass City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vermelho Velho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ojuelos de Jalisco (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Teapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raul Soares-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rize	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Escarcega (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tanzabaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gaborone	Botswana	Record high minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

756 records

Records set or tied on 20 April 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 285, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 209, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 158, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 20 April 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	285
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	209
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 20 April 1994 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 728.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

542 broken records

Margins by which the 542 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 April 1994

Top 20 records on 20 April 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 April 1994	Mohyliv-Podilskyi, UA	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 April 1994	Abre Campo, BR	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1994	Lottering (Bos), ZA	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1994	Burarama (Dnos), BR	daily rain	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1994	Aracaiba (Capoeiras), BR	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1994	Hatteras, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1994	Sonora, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1994	St George, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1994	Laranja da Terra, BR	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1994	Paradise Valley 1 NW, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1994	Richland, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1994	Sotchi, RU	daily high min	17.3 C (63.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1994	Vladikavkaz, RU	daily high min	13.6 C (56.5 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1994	Clover Valley, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	92 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1994	Colonia Grupo Tres, MX	monthly rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1994	Berlin 91, ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	75 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1994	Wenzhou, CN	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1994	Garden Valley, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1994	Mersa Matruh, EG	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	69 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1994	Calitzdorp (Dam), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	36 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1994. 1994 had 756 records.

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

Records on 04-20 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1817	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	4
1854	1
1858	1
1860	1
1864	1
1865	3
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	3
1875	4
1876	1
1878	2
1880	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1889	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1894	8
1895	7
1896	3
1897	6
1898	1
1899	1
1901	8
1902	3
1903	14
1904	31
1905	9
1906	12
1907	18
1908	14
1909	22
1910	25
1911	18
1912	12
1913	19
1914	46
1915	45
1916	19
1917	33
1918	42
1919	17
1920	49
1921	27
1922	40
1923	157
1924	113
1925	169
1926	310
1927	442
1928	212
1929	182
1930	87
1931	255
1932	166
1933	279
1934	384
1935	384
1936	311
1937	427
1938	339
1939	158
1940	519
1941	558
1942	223
1943	670
1944	304
1945	391
1946	395
1947	308
1948	493
1949	477
1950	329
1951	690
1952	552
1953	1,071
1954	377
1955	623
1956	384
1957	730
1958	327
1959	563
1960	472
1961	1,078
1962	487
1963	595
1964	749
1965	724
1966	1,174
1967	864
1968	975
1969	382
1970	948
1971	765
1972	531
1973	982
1974	673
1975	344
1976	661
1977	693
1978	800
1979	495
1980	1,539
1981	706
1982	906
1983	1,844
1984	922
1985	1,140
1986	770
1987	1,447
1988	1,144
1989	1,187
1990	1,495
1991	1,075
1992	1,009
1993	772
1994	756
1995	1,351
1996	970
1997	833
1998	1,490
1999	674
2000	931
2001	752
2002	1,081
2003	758
2004	567
2005	707
2006	859
2007	582
2008	1,110
2009	845
2010	693
2011	1,477
2012	726
2013	1,520
2014	384
2015	702
2016	650
2017	734
2018	1,309
2019	1,019
2020	449
2021	1,215
2022	596
2023	828
2024	673
2025	836
2026	533

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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	534
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1