Weather Records on 7 April 2001

1,556 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 2001. Highest significance: Milan 1NW, US.

Key Facts for 7 April 2001

On 7 April 2001, 1,556 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
783 were record highs and 176 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 1,496 daily.
Milan 1NW set a daily record precipitation of 55.4 mm (2.2 in) on 7 April 2001.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

1,556 stations

1,556 station records on 7 April 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 April 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kassala	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Elsinore	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Adin Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Waveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Enderlin 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Walker	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mission 14 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chaffee 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmot	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Foxboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Andover	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canby 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
N Platte Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Summit 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waubay Natl Wild Life	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,556 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 228, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 555, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 471, Heaviest daily snowfall 66, Deepest snow cover 60.

Records on 7 April 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	228
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	555
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	471
Heaviest daily snowfall	66
Deepest snow cover	60

Records on 7 April 2001 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 58, daily 1,496.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,244 broken records

Margins by which the 1,244 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 2001

Top 20 records on 7 April 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 2001	Milan 1NW, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	96 years	79 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2001	Clark, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2001	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2001	Artichoke Lake 1 E, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	82 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2001	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	96 years	70 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2001	Wadena 3 S, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	82 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2001	Winnibigoshish Dam, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	98 years	69 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2001	Kassala, SD	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2001	Wheaton, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	82 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2001	Elsinore, US	monthly snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	91 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2001	Milbank 4 NW, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2001	Adin Rs, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	105 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2001	Little Falls 2NNE, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2001	Abu Hamed, SD	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2001	Brainerd, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2001	Collegeville St John's, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2001	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2001	Waveland, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2001	Glenwood 2WNW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2001	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	58 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

1800 to 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2001. 2001 had 1,556 records.

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

Records on 04-07 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1808	1
1809	3
1811	1
1815	2
1839	1
1844	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	2
1859	1
1863	1
1864	4
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	2
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	3
1891	2
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	8
1900	5
1901	6
1902	14
1903	10
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	33
1908	20
1909	33
1910	24
1911	24
1912	59
1913	55
1914	23
1915	33
1916	62
1917	83
1918	37
1919	157
1920	63
1921	319
1922	57
1923	83
1924	138
1925	152
1926	343
1927	99
1928	378
1929	835
1930	327
1931	406
1932	132
1933	174
1934	230
1935	381
1936	1,184
1937	170
1938	803
1939	956
1940	294
1941	258
1942	420
1943	720
1944	166
1945	356
1946	397
1947	278
1948	734
1949	237
1950	1,030
1951	311
1952	491
1953	425
1954	514
1955	198
1956	458
1957	293
1958	358
1959	384
1960	532
1961	665
1962	572
1963	630
1964	457
1965	342
1966	302
1967	569
1968	302
1969	449
1970	494
1971	1,260
1972	1,290
1973	722
1974	576
1975	1,305
1976	329
1977	1,050
1978	686
1979	691
1980	497
1981	353
1982	3,747
1983	1,517
1984	583
1985	599
1986	901
1987	724
1988	1,402
1989	1,386
1990	813
1991	2,007
1992	693
1993	590
1994	1,144
1995	897
1996	1,112
1997	1,996
1998	1,231
1999	898
2000	634
2001	1,556
2002	755
2003	2,205
2004	554
2005	1,002
2006	856
2007	2,249
2008	807
2009	1,183
2010	1,691
2011	1,187
2012	514
2013	693
2014	936
2015	658
2016	793
2017	692
2018	1,980
2019	604
2020	529
2021	758
2022	818
2023	844
2024	1,360
2025	645
2026	381

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Data for records on 2001-04-07: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	1,202
100 to 200	31
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1