Weather Records on 1 April 1997

1,255 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 1997. Highest significance: Taunton, US.

Key Facts for 1 April 1997

On 1 April 1997, 1,255 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
320 were record highs and 202 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 153 monthly and 1,086 daily.
Taunton set a monthly record daily snowfall of 43.2 cm (17.0 in) on 1 April 1997.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

1,255 stations

1,255 station records on 1 April 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 April 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Taunton	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Middleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	57.2 cm (22.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Haverhill	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ben Lomond	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Taunton	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Meredith	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tete	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Woonsocket	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Prattsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Providence	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Long Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mendanha-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	134.5 mm (5.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gardner	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hingham	United States	Record daily snowfall	56.4 cm (22.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yorktown Hts 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmoore	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tafelberg Hall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warden (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Long Pond Pocono Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
West Medway	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woonsocket	United States	Record daily snowfall	60.5 cm (23.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford-Bradley Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Manga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chesterfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Reading	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pingaring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rietbron (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Olyfenfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Northbridge 2	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Geluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Buffumville Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Prattsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,255 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 116, Lowest daily maximum 145, Highest daily minimum 204, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 379, Heaviest daily snowfall 223, Deepest snow cover 131.

Records on 1 April 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	116
Lowest daily maximum	145
Highest daily minimum	204
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	379
Heaviest daily snowfall	223
Deepest snow cover	131

Records on 1 April 1997 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 153, daily 1,086.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,047 broken records

Margins by which the 1,047 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 April 1997

Top 20 records on 1 April 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 1997	Taunton, US	monthly snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	79 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
1 April 1997	New Bedford Coop, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	103 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
1 April 1997	Middleton, US	monthly snowfall	57.2 cm (22.5 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	63 years	76 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1997	Barkhamsted, US	monthly snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	62 years	74 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1997	Haverhill, US	monthly snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 years	71 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1997	Ben Lomond, ZA	monthly rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1997	Taunton, US	monthly snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	81 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1997	Fergus Falls, US	monthly snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	22 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1997	Cooperstown, US	daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1997	Blue Hill Coop, US	monthly snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	14 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1997	Meredith, US	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1997	Haverhill, US	daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	75 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1997	Ipswich, US	monthly snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	14 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1997	Sussex 1 NW, US	monthly snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	102 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1997	Tete, MZ	monthly rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1997	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	monthly snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	18 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1997	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1997	Woonsocket, US	monthly snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1997	New Bedford Coop, US	monthly snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	81 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1997	Prattsville, US	monthly snowfall	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	13 years	59 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

1803 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1997. 1997 had 1,255 records.

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

Records on 04-01 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1805	1
1808	1
1813	1
1815	3
1819	1
1830	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	1
1855	3
1856	1
1861	2
1862	2
1865	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1881	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	5
1892	1
1893	2
1896	4
1897	5
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	4
1902	4
1903	12
1904	29
1905	10
1906	7
1907	24
1908	5
1909	13
1910	26
1911	27
1912	31
1913	35
1914	37
1915	25
1916	35
1917	80
1918	51
1919	165
1920	65
1921	46
1922	98
1923	319
1924	257
1925	111
1926	234
1927	326
1928	194
1929	336
1930	153
1931	846
1932	292
1933	188
1934	153
1935	424
1936	1,248
1937	192
1938	461
1939	226
1940	840
1941	285
1942	209
1943	319
1944	266
1945	880
1946	1,172
1947	390
1948	590
1949	308
1950	455
1951	406
1952	419
1953	249
1954	493
1955	288
1956	744
1957	314
1958	535
1959	821
1960	295
1961	496
1962	652
1963	1,123
1964	951
1965	678
1966	689
1967	928
1968	377
1969	611
1970	894
1971	384
1972	510
1973	680
1974	894
1975	1,806
1976	767
1977	524
1978	1,013
1979	738
1980	797
1981	1,115
1982	884
1983	643
1984	662
1985	826
1986	982
1987	1,762
1988	1,259
1989	1,098
1990	952
1991	693
1992	981
1993	783
1994	739
1995	1,056
1996	996
1997	1,255
1998	1,703
1999	1,341
2000	690
2001	575
2002	985
2003	1,366
2004	926
2005	1,086
2006	929
2007	963
2008	1,457
2009	846
2010	1,022
2011	1,105
2012	1,327
2013	719
2014	657
2015	606
2016	842
2017	792
2018	870
2019	674
2020	719
2021	790
2022	853
2023	1,069
2024	788
2025	779
2026	1,042

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 1 April 1997
Margin	Records
0 to 100	926
100 to 200	65
200 to 300	33
300 to 400	16
400 to 500	7