Weather Records on 5 April 2002

790 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 2002. Highest significance: Phuket Airport, TH.

Key Facts for 5 April 2002

On 5 April 2002, 790 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
401 were record highs and 258 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 769 daily.
Phuket Airport set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 5 April 2002.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

790 stations

790 station records on 5 April 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yichang	China	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shurchi	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Asientos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aneth Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Batan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aratichanguio	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Certkovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Paz (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Fuerte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canakkale	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wuhan	China	Record daily precipitation	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Suaqui Grande (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gigant	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Three Lynx	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Ignacio	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huejucar (Obs)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Malpais	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buhta Ambarcik	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Medford Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carrera Larga	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Taxhimay	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Long Beach Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Keshan	China	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Progreso	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sanalona II	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rostoshi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yajlju	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corfu	Greece	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Los Ortices	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
El Cuchillo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Balashov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wah Wah Rch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kurdjali	Bulgaria	Record low maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anda	China	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mitzic	Gabon	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coquimatlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Las Enramadas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

790 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 177, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 224, Lowest daily minimum 152, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 5 April 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	177
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	224
Lowest daily minimum	152
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 5 April 2002 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 769.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

578 broken records

Margins by which the 578 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 2002

Top 20 records on 5 April 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 2002	Phuket Airport, TH	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2002	Yichang, CN	daily rain	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2002	Shurchi, UZ	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2002	Asientos, MX	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2002	Weaverville, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2002	Aneth Plt, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2002	Rantoul, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2002	Urjupinsk, RU	daily low min	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2002	Saltville 1N, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2002	Manati 2 E, PR	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	93 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2002	Forest Grove, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2002	El Batan, MX	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2002	Chita, RU	daily high min	3.8 C (38.8 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2002	Hamar-Daban, RU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2002	Winterset 4N, US	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2002	Buenavista, MX	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 2002	Aratichanguio, MX	daily high max	45.0 C (113.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 2002	Certkovo, RU	daily low min	-9.1 C (15.6 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 2002	Belleplain STN Forest, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	73 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 April 2002	La Paz (Dge), MX	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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

1809 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 2002. 2002 had 790 records.

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

Records on 04-05 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1815	2
1828	1
1848	2
1851	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1870	1
1874	2
1876	2
1879	2
1881	4
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	15
1904	3
1905	30
1906	4
1907	15
1908	12
1909	33
1910	74
1911	82
1912	44
1913	11
1914	31
1915	36
1916	38
1917	43
1918	66
1919	36
1920	94
1921	158
1922	126
1923	107
1924	46
1925	111
1926	394
1927	149
1928	382
1929	1,124
1930	155
1931	162
1932	254
1933	379
1934	302
1935	416
1936	576
1937	427
1938	215
1939	356
1940	214
1941	401
1942	448
1943	344
1944	831
1945	460
1946	290
1947	649
1948	262
1949	379
1950	593
1951	305
1952	517
1953	249
1954	605
1955	364
1956	304
1957	795
1958	479
1959	559
1960	770
1961	523
1962	324
1963	546
1964	675
1965	456
1966	518
1967	745
1968	590
1969	498
1970	499
1971	481
1972	685
1973	680
1974	652
1975	1,581
1976	335
1977	880
1978	486
1979	886
1980	486
1981	927
1982	1,964
1983	1,909
1984	703
1985	922
1986	800
1987	1,687
1988	1,054
1989	945
1990	868
1991	1,595
1992	827
1993	627
1994	734
1995	1,500
1996	827
1997	2,108
1998	808
1999	1,658
2000	1,194
2001	1,097
2002	790
2003	1,120
2004	756
2005	856
2006	1,070
2007	1,144
2008	685
2009	1,096
2010	926
2011	974
2012	745
2013	987
2014	444
2015	433
2016	828
2017	518
2018	906
2019	373
2020	483
2021	1,030
2022	758
2023	2,543
2024	1,289
2025	1,320
2026	782

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Data for records on 2002-04-05: 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 20	565
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1