Weather Records on 5 April 2014

444 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 2014. Highest significance: Moonan Flat (High St), AU.

Key Facts for 5 April 2014

On 5 April 2014, 444 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
244 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 429 daily.
Moonan Flat (High St) set a daily record precipitation of 62.0 mm (2.4 in) on 5 April 2014.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

444 stations

444 station records on 5 April 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moonan Flat (High St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Evansville Museum	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Portland 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Come By Chance Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Buchan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kushiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maple City 1E	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Luck	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Black Mountain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yuendumu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Germain	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maksimovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tulun	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie (Bondi Forest Lodge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alberta Ford For Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nariel Creek (Simpson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Obihiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wollomombi (Wallamumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montague Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tunka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gilroy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Windom	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saxon 1WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Soljanka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Verhnjaja Gutara	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saxon 1WSW	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Number One (Murrays Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa (Fools Haven)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Erbogacen	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tajshet	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inga	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
A Coruna	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

444 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 86, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 46.

Records on 5 April 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	46

Records on 5 April 2014 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 429.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

383 broken records

Margins by which the 383 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 2014

Top 20 records on 5 April 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 2014	Moonan Flat (High St), AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	100 years	75 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2014	Evansville Museum, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2014	Portland 1 SW, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2014	Cassilis (Dalkeith), AU	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	130 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 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)
5 April 2014	Gilman, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2014	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2014	Come By Chance Store, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	114 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2014	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	113 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2014	Buchan South, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2014	Kushiro, JP	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2014	Cooma (Kiaora), AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2014	Maple City 1E, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2014	Luck, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2014	Black Mountain, AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2014	Yuendumu, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2014	Tubbut, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2014	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	125 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2014	Den Helder-1, NL	daily high min	8.2 C (46.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	101 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2014	Kirensk, RU	daily high max	20.2 C (68.4 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	75 years	40 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

1809 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 2014. 2014 had 444 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 2014-04-05: 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 2026-10-17 (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	353
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	1