Weather Records on 1 April 2004

926 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 2004. Highest significance: Holter Dam, US.

Key Facts for 1 April 2004

On 1 April 2004, 926 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
448 were record highs and 206 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 897 daily.
Holter Dam set a daily record precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 1 April 2004.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

926 stations

926 station records on 1 April 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 April 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Palmer Job Corps	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Reading	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Calvinia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carlindie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sahuaripa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bacadehuachi	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Angostura	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona Blair Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boston	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bolonchen	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manton Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tremonton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg Capital City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chietla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

926 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 303, Lowest daily maximum 144, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 259, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 1 April 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	303
Lowest daily maximum	144
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	259
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 1 April 2004 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 897.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

735 broken records

Margins by which the 735 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 April 2004

Top 20 records on 1 April 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 2004	Holter Dam, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 April 2004	Palmer Job Corps, US	monthly snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	18 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 April 2004	Reading, US	monthly rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2004	Cascade 5 S, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2004	Calvinia, ZA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	97 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2004	Santo Domingo, MX	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2004	Carlindie, AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2004	Sahuaripa, MX	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2004	Kingston, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2004	Chitradurga, IN	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2004	Bacadehuachi, MX	monthly rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2004	Port Isabel, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2004	Presa la Angostura, MX	monthly rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2004	Ft Grant, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2004	Blowing Rock 1NW, US	daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2004	Altoona Blair Co AP, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2004	Glacier Bay, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2004	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2004	Meeker, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2004	Billings Wtp, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	108 years	45 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2004. 2004 had 926 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	728
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1