Weather Records on 4 April 2002

989 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 2002. Highest significance: Inza, RU.

Key Facts for 4 April 2002

On 4 April 2002, 989 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
447 were record highs and 419 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 963 daily.
Inza set a daily record precipitation of 25.5 mm (1.0 in) on 4 April 2002.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

989 stations

989 station records on 4 April 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Inza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Semjachik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pingliang	China	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hohhot	China	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hanzhong	China	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside - Lund 31S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro de Los Baos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coatepec de Los Olivos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chapingo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weeping Water	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rocksprings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lockwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockypoint 7NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mulege	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Mateo Acuitlapilco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Dum Dum	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
East London	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Myronivka	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Ignacio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

989 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 236, Lowest daily maximum 225, Highest daily minimum 211, Lowest daily minimum 194, Heaviest daily rainfall 118, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 4 April 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	236
Lowest daily maximum	225
Highest daily minimum	211
Lowest daily minimum	194
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 4 April 2002 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 24, daily 963.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

720 broken records

Margins by which the 720 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 2002

Top 20 records on 4 April 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 2002	Inza, RU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 April 2002	Semjachik, RU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2002	Big Timber, US	daily low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	103 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2002	Pingliang, CN	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2002	Hohhot, CN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2002	Hanzhong, CN	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2002	Carroll, US	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	102 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2002	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2002	Warren 2 ENE, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	93 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2002	Bridger 2 N, US	daily low min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2002	Wakefield 3NW, US	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2002	Indianola 1SW, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2002	Knoxville, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2002	Osceola, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2002	Caledonia, US	daily low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2002	Sunnyside - Lund 31S, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2002	Menard, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2002	Albion, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2002	Paris Stp, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	99 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2002	Norton 9SSE, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	81 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

1794 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2002. 2002 had 989 records.

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

Records on 04-04 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1808	1
1809	1
1815	2
1819	1
1853	1
1857	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1891	1
1892	6
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	4
1900	7
1901	12
1902	2
1903	17
1904	6
1905	23
1906	7
1907	9
1908	20
1909	15
1910	48
1911	55
1912	25
1913	31
1914	13
1915	52
1916	65
1917	36
1918	37
1919	27
1920	89
1921	205
1922	39
1923	101
1924	51
1925	126
1926	206
1927	203
1928	625
1929	1,320
1930	86
1931	201
1932	193
1933	167
1934	656
1935	402
1936	714
1937	344
1938	201
1939	243
1940	392
1941	353
1942	537
1943	456
1944	975
1945	806
1946	459
1947	397
1948	202
1949	458
1950	1,044
1951	352
1952	348
1953	332
1954	742
1955	448
1956	426
1957	984
1958	492
1959	524
1960	756
1961	525
1962	308
1963	586
1964	675
1965	443
1966	469
1967	438
1968	640
1969	424
1970	438
1971	560
1972	695
1973	511
1974	1,356
1975	1,981
1976	353
1977	780
1978	497
1979	984
1980	690
1981	1,393
1982	1,251
1983	1,202
1984	762
1985	865
1986	810
1987	2,317
1988	1,119
1989	668
1990	826
1991	957
1992	1,270
1993	733
1994	726
1995	935
1996	699
1997	1,538
1998	931
1999	1,575
2000	1,371
2001	1,040
2002	989
2003	1,055
2004	782
2005	1,070
2006	911
2007	1,009
2008	860
2009	1,068
2010	758
2011	1,155
2012	830
2013	938
2014	705
2015	452
2016	795
2017	603
2018	1,196
2019	407
2020	914
2021	1,341
2022	1,014
2023	2,058
2024	966
2025	1,330
2026	894

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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 10	696
10 to 20	20
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1