Weather Records on 10 April 1996

1,475 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 April 1996. Highest significance: Ashburnham, US.

Key Facts for 10 April 1996

On 10 April 1996, 1,475 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
629 were record highs and 457 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 1,416 daily.
Ashburnham set a daily record snowfall of 43.2 cm (17.0 in) on 10 April 1996.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

1,475 stations

1,475 station records on 10 April 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 April 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ashburnham	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Shuttle Meadow Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Great Falls AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Belfast	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Middleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Southbridge 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwick	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
New Salem	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Petersham 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Concord ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
W Thompson Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pony	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hamersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Teigarhorn	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeiro Goncalves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield Hollow Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
West Medway	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barre Falls Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
South Lyndeboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belchertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Hill Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Couderay 7 W	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwick	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Epping	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick NAS	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Igor I Sikorsky Mem AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Patchogue 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corinne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Northbridge 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,475 records

Records set or tied on 10 April 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 333, Lowest daily maximum 207, Highest daily minimum 296, Lowest daily minimum 250, Heaviest daily rainfall 163, Heaviest daily snowfall 126, Deepest snow cover 100.

Records on 10 April 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	333
Lowest daily maximum	207
Highest daily minimum	296
Lowest daily minimum	250
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	126
Deepest snow cover	100

Records on 10 April 1996 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 59, daily 1,416.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,136 broken records

Margins by which the 1,136 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 April 1996

Top 20 records on 10 April 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 April 1996	Ashburnham, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	89 years	75 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1996	Shuttle Meadow Rsvr, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1996	Hamilton, US	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	83 years	64 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1996	Great Falls AP, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1996	Belfast, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	102 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1996	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	61 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1996	Middleton, US	daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	67 years	61 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1996	Southbridge 3 SW, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1996	Middletown 4 W, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	120 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1996	Hardwick, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1996	Worcester, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1996	New Salem, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1996	Petersham 3 N, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1996	Baudette, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1996	Concord ASOS, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	15.4 cm (6.1 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1996	W Thompson Lake, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1996	Storrs, US	monthly snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1996	Ipswich, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1996	Lowell, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 April 1996	Pony, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	101 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

1793 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1996. 1996 had 1,475 records.

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

Records on 04-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1805	1
1809	2
1812	3
1842	2
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1854	1
1863	2
1864	2
1865	2
1869	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	2
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	5
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	8
1901	4
1902	4
1903	10
1904	12
1905	21
1906	24
1907	13
1908	8
1909	37
1910	15
1911	17
1912	55
1913	27
1914	25
1915	61
1916	94
1917	64
1918	43
1919	39
1920	66
1921	44
1922	178
1923	71
1924	119
1925	143
1926	86
1927	205
1928	245
1929	290
1930	646
1931	107
1932	290
1933	392
1934	237
1935	253
1936	186
1937	254
1938	401
1939	363
1940	252
1941	402
1942	548
1943	577
1944	718
1945	1,031
1946	287
1947	355
1948	335
1949	294
1950	599
1951	394
1952	793
1953	601
1954	243
1955	650
1956	377
1957	411
1958	326
1959	527
1960	683
1961	734
1962	258
1963	446
1964	239
1965	770
1966	537
1967	549
1968	498
1969	545
1970	521
1971	569
1972	639
1973	2,070
1974	935
1975	850
1976	431
1977	1,430
1978	1,233
1979	875
1980	654
1981	701
1982	1,138
1983	1,170
1984	548
1985	1,391
1986	562
1987	403
1988	764
1989	1,835
1990	1,135
1991	1,101
1992	929
1993	583
1994	844
1995	1,811
1996	1,475
1997	2,935
1998	899
1999	1,738
2000	651
2001	1,792
2002	589
2003	1,431
2004	548
2005	886
2006	650
2007	848
2008	1,141
2009	1,031
2010	574
2011	1,880
2012	846
2013	1,703
2014	615
2015	667
2016	921
2017	846
2018	861
2019	636
2020	712
2021	749
2022	783
2023	835
2024	713
2025	796
2026	840

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Data for records on 1996-04-10: 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	1,013
50 to 100	60
100 to 150	26
150 to 200	18
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	10
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	3