Weather Records on 21 April 1996

788 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 April 1996. Highest significance: Anaconda, US.

Key Facts for 21 April 1996

On 21 April 1996, 788 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
362 were record highs and 218 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 759 daily.
Anaconda set a daily record snowfall of 10.2 cm (4.0 in) on 21 April 1996.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

788 stations

788 station records on 21 April 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 April 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tiririca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valenca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	135.2 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valladolid (Villanubla)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cecilville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nazare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aratuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grant 5 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde-1	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Phitsanulok/Sarit	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Konawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ubon Ratchathani	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grant 5 SE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pianco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Curryville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burbank	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mexia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ennis	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sanya	China	Record low maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Noumea (Nlle-Caledo	New Caledonia [France]	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tak	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaverdale 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

788 records

Records set or tied on 21 April 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 190, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 172, Lowest daily minimum 140, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 21 April 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	190
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	172
Lowest daily minimum	140
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 21 April 1996 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 25, daily 759.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

638 broken records

Margins by which the 638 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 April 1996

Top 20 records on 21 April 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 April 1996	Anaconda, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	83 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1996	Chiang Mai, TH	monthly rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1996	Resaca, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1996	Salem, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1996	Tiririca, BR	daily rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	94.8 mm (3.7 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1996	Bridgeport 5 NW, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1996	Valenca, BR	daily rain	135.2 mm (5.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1996	Valladolid (Villanubla), ES	monthly rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1996	Arkansas City, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1996	Tranebjerg, DK	monthly high max	23.0 C (73.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	82 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1996	Toccoa, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1996	Cecilville, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1996	Nazare, BR	daily rain	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1996	Scottsboro, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1996	Calvin, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1996	Farmington, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1996	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	111 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1996	Aratuipe, BR	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1996	Pitea, SE	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	101 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 1996	Dalton, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	1 year	40 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 788 records.

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

Records on 04-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1814	1
1820	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	3
1854	1
1858	3
1861	2
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1870	1
1875	4
1876	2
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	2
1888	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	2
1900	7
1901	17
1902	7
1903	3
1904	10
1905	18
1906	5
1907	17
1908	25
1909	20
1910	33
1911	9
1912	22
1913	14
1914	220
1915	24
1916	64
1917	48
1918	84
1919	31
1920	85
1921	59
1922	70
1923	223
1924	119
1925	295
1926	148
1927	284
1928	269
1929	193
1930	127
1931	358
1932	304
1933	201
1934	497
1935	266
1936	277
1937	416
1938	295
1939	110
1940	462
1941	306
1942	285
1943	481
1944	261
1945	367
1946	448
1947	459
1948	365
1949	448
1950	529
1951	884
1952	665
1953	640
1954	527
1955	607
1956	497
1957	824
1958	329
1959	505
1960	889
1961	647
1962	319
1963	778
1964	1,125
1965	658
1966	756
1967	903
1968	655
1969	388
1970	728
1971	546
1972	593
1973	1,163
1974	528
1975	360
1976	452
1977	854
1978	735
1979	449
1980	1,934
1981	944
1982	1,075
1983	1,366
1984	1,231
1985	1,245
1986	977
1987	1,290
1988	898
1989	1,557
1990	1,463
1991	1,291
1992	1,763
1993	847
1994	859
1995	1,476
1996	788
1997	964
1998	876
1999	752
2000	921
2001	967
2002	1,312
2003	607
2004	586
2005	693
2006	761
2007	480
2008	1,327
2009	983
2010	805
2011	1,053
2012	687
2013	1,015
2014	393
2015	621
2016	587
2017	797
2018	862
2019	731
2020	397
2021	1,608
2022	433
2023	886
2024	754
2025	506
2026	853

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	619
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1