Weather Records on 20 April 1996

970 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 April 1996. Highest significance: Noondoonia, AU.

Key Facts for 20 April 1996

On 20 April 1996, 970 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
425 were record highs and 228 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 944 daily.
Noondoonia set a daily record precipitation of 26.4 mm (1.0 in) on 20 April 1996.
Across 159 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

970 stations

970 station records on 20 April 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 April 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Noondoonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dalgaranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mia Mia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Balladonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Challis	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warroora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minilya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milly Milly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Harding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quobba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wandagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thundelarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Represa Piquete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Polis	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamer 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Upanema (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.5 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Golondrinas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nanambinia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kamishli	Syria	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ella Valla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fletcher Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carey Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Old Faithful	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Loei	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jimba Jimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chorozinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Innot Hot Springs Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gatos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gnaraloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Giru Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sakon Nakhon	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

970 records

Records set or tied on 20 April 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 210, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 215, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 20 April 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	210
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	215
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 20 April 1996 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 22, daily 944.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

780 broken records

Margins by which the 780 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 April 1996

Top 20 records on 20 April 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 April 1996	Noondoonia, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 April 1996	Dalgaranga, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1996	Mia Mia, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1996	Balladonia, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1996	Challis, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	99 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1996	Warroora, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1996	Sellheim, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1996	Minilya, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1996	Milly Milly, AU	monthly rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1996	Marron, AU	monthly rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1996	Glen Harding, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1996	Quobba, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1996	Nicosia, CY	daily low max	14.2 C (57.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	87 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1996	Mtn Dell Dam, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1996	Wandagee, AU	monthly rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1996	Thundelarra, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1996	Represa Piquete, BR	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1996	Polis, CY	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1996	Moscow U of I, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 1996	Hamer 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 years	41 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 970 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 100	772
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1