Weather Records on 19 April 1996

751 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 April 1996. Highest significance: Rajkot, IN.

Key Facts for 19 April 1996

On 19 April 1996, 751 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
299 were record highs and 189 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 719 daily.
Rajkot set a daily record precipitation of 28.7 mm (1.1 in) on 19 April 1996.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

751 stations

751 station records on 19 April 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 April 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rajkot	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mount Gould	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Carrarang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Guilin	China	Record daily precipitation	206.6 mm (8.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mileura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mariupol'	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Guiping	China	Record daily precipitation	136.8 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bidgemia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Edaggee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gabes	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vila Terra Branca-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Campanario	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carbonita	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dalatangi	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muscoda	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Mandacaru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Benambra (Evandale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chain of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rainbow Rsvr Tomahawk	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tensleep 16SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Inacio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Heyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	103.3 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nagasaki	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mexia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tremonton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wynne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shaoguan	China	Record daily precipitation	127.1 mm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Radio Kvnu	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Campania (the Pines)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kagoshima	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Etla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

751 records

Records set or tied on 19 April 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 185, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 121, Heaviest daily rainfall 211, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 19 April 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	185
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	121
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 19 April 1996 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 29, daily 719.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

574 broken records

Margins by which the 574 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 April 1996

Top 20 records on 19 April 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 April 1996	Rajkot, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	95 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1996	Mount Gould, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	73 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 April 1996	Carrarang, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1996	Guilin, CN	daily rain	206.6 mm (8.1 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1996	Mileura, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1996	Mariupol', UA	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1996	Guiping, CN	daily rain	136.8 mm (5.4 in)	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1996	Yangjiang, CN	daily rain	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	109.6 mm (4.3 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1996	Bidgemia, AU	monthly rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1996	Driggs, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1996	Edaggee, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1996	Gabes, TN	daily low min	4.0 C (39.2 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1996	Vila Terra Branca-Jusante, BR	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1996	Campanario, BR	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1996	San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (, MX	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1996	Corry, US	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1996	Palmerville, AU	daily high min	23.5 C (74.3 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1996	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high max	23.4 C (74.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	101 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1996	Carbonita, BR	monthly rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 1996	Dalatangi, IS	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	25 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

1807 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1996. 1996 had 751 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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Data for records on 1996-04-19: 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 100	558
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1