Weather Records on 4 April 2014

705 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 2014. Highest significance: Primghar, US.

Key Facts for 4 April 2014

On 4 April 2014, 705 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
266 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 681 daily.
Primghar set a daily record snowfall of 15.7 cm (6.2 in) on 4 April 2014.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

705 stations

705 station records on 4 April 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Primghar	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Potosi 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Gilman	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lake City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bombala (Cambalong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Mudall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ishinomaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Budgee Budgee (Botobolar Viney	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Lake 5NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bud 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maple City 1E	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cannelton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Omu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Festus	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne (Lynwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomer	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Girilambone (Booroomugga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Geurie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Numeralla (Glocca Morra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Berridale (Myack Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenethorpe (Iandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tharwa General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W Frankfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Myalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

705 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 102, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 164, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 262, Heaviest daily snowfall 70, Deepest snow cover 64.

Records on 4 April 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	102
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	164
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	262
Heaviest daily snowfall	70
Deepest snow cover	64

Records on 4 April 2014 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 681.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

619 broken records

Margins by which the 619 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 249.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 2014

Top 20 records on 4 April 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 2014	Primghar, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	118 years	73 of 100 (Major)
4 April 2014	Potosi 4 SW, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	115 years	69 of 100 (Major)
4 April 2014	Gilman, US	monthly snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 April 2014	Lake City, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	117 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 April 2014	Bombala (Cambalong), AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2014	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2014	Washta, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	114 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2014	Nyngan (Mudall), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	108 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2014	Tetonia Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	63 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2014	Broken Hill (Patton Street), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2014	Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2014	Ishinomaki, JP	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2014	Mito, JP	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2014	Brule Rs, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2014	Budgee Budgee (Botobolar Viney, AU	daily rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2014	Forest Lake 5NE, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2014	Windom, US	daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	14.4 cm (5.7 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2014	Ashland Exp Farm, US	monthly snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	120 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2014	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	113 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2014	Red Bud 2 S, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	50 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2014. 2014 had 705 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 50	555
50 to 100	41
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	4