Weather Records on 15 April 2005

583 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 April 2005. Highest significance: Montelimar, FR.

Key Facts for 15 April 2005

On 15 April 2005, 583 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
300 were record highs and 147 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 570 daily.
Montelimar set a monthly record daily precipitation of 104.0 mm (4.1 in) on 15 April 2005.
Across 159 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

583 stations

583 station records on 15 April 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 April 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
El Obeid	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Caransebes	Romania	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
J.G.H. van der Wath Airp	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alwen	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morpeth: Cockle Park	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zacapu (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria AP (Port of)	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jalostotitlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Andres	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tilzapotla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albuquerque Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cushman Powerhouse #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Honolulu Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atotonilco	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Telpatlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cihuatlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kalaupapa 563	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jaral de Berrios	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Golondrinas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Smolensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
The Poplars	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brydeswood STN 985	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hoquiam Bowerman AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chengde	China	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calacoaya	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pijijiapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

583 records

Records set or tied on 15 April 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 135, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 165, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 133, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 15 April 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	135
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	165
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 April 2005 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 9, daily 570.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

438 broken records

Margins by which the 438 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 April 2005

Top 20 records on 15 April 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 April 2005	Montelimar, FR	monthly rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	71 years	79 of 100 (Major)
15 April 2005	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2005	El Obeid, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2005	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2005	Durham, GB	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2005	Mount Fairy (Merigan), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2005	Caransebes, RO	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2005	J.G.H. van der Wath Airp, NA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2005	Alwen, GB	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2005	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2005	Morpeth: Cockle Park, GB	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2005	Echeta 2 NW, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2005	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2005	Zacapu (Dge), MX	all-time high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2005	Astoria AP (Port of), US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2005	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily high min	9.3 C (48.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2005	Ashland, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2005	Tucumcari Muni AP, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2005	Santa Ana Fire STN, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	79 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 April 2005	Marseilles-Marignane, FR	daily rain	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	36 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

1801 to 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2005. 2005 had 583 records.

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

Records on 04-15 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1817	1
1820	1
1844	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	1
1853	2
1855	2
1858	1
1862	3
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	3
1891	2
1892	8
1893	2
1894	1
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	9
1901	2
1902	4
1903	8
1904	39
1905	11
1906	20
1907	18
1908	15
1909	18
1910	16
1911	20
1912	24
1913	39
1914	17
1915	13
1916	15
1917	35
1918	40
1919	22
1920	50
1921	59
1922	94
1923	178
1924	172
1925	168
1926	453
1927	321
1928	631
1929	91
1930	289
1931	388
1932	150
1933	300
1934	339
1935	515
1936	439
1937	277
1938	596
1939	789
1940	581
1941	628
1942	525
1943	1,037
1944	313
1945	783
1946	245
1947	532
1948	306
1949	419
1950	568
1951	504
1952	357
1953	475
1954	896
1955	484
1956	750
1957	378
1958	458
1959	314
1960	319
1961	877
1962	733
1963	714
1964	382
1965	504
1966	464
1967	599
1968	476
1969	555
1970	841
1971	640
1972	896
1973	667
1974	385
1975	780
1976	1,566
1977	649
1978	426
1979	370
1980	1,066
1981	724
1982	955
1983	1,343
1984	612
1985	788
1986	1,140
1987	579
1988	839
1989	836
1990	837
1991	769
1992	783
1993	1,156
1994	835
1995	805
1996	1,173
1997	1,031
1998	1,752
1999	1,249
2000	1,163
2001	1,043
2002	1,866
2003	1,760
2004	761
2005	583
2006	1,637
2007	1,776
2008	1,157
2009	853
2010	804
2011	1,162
2012	1,007
2013	1,146
2014	1,721
2015	739
2016	602
2017	474
2018	1,913
2019	610
2020	1,068
2021	494
2022	1,145
2023	912
2024	1,096
2025	860
2026	1,118

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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	404
10 to 20	21
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2