Weather Records on 17 April 2014

913 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 April 2014. Highest significance: Hayward Rs, US.

Key Facts for 17 April 2014

On 17 April 2014, 913 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 530 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 897 daily.
Hayward Rs set a daily record snowfall of 19.8 cm (7.8 in) on 17 April 2014.
Across 166 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

913 stations

913 station records on 17 April 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 April 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Mora	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Mellen 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Luck	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsburg	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Lake 5NE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Olivia 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Germain	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.6 cm (14.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saxon 1WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alberta Ford For Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madeline Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Luck	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeland 1NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Delano	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls Hydro	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

913 records

Records set or tied on 17 April 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 245, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 285, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 78, Deepest snow cover 56.

Records on 17 April 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	245
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	285
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	78
Deepest snow cover	56

Records on 17 April 2014 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 13, daily 897.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

703 broken records

Margins by which the 703 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 April 2014

Top 20 records on 17 April 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 April 2014	Hayward Rs, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	120 years	71 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2014	Park Falls Dnr HQ, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2014	Mora, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2014	Mellen 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	75 years	65 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2014	Phelps, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	74 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2014	Lac Vieux Desert, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2014	Ironwood, US	daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	75 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2014	Stambaugh 2SSE, US	daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2014	Milaca, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	104 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2014	Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2014	Cambridge, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	75 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2014	Dawson, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	117 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2014	Clear Lake, US	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	109 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2014	Luck, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2014	Rhinelander, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	26.6 cm (10.5 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2014	Beaver Is, US	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	107 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2014	Elk Rvr, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2014	Minocqua, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2014	Charlevoix, US	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	120 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2014	Grantsburg, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35 years	51 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

1799 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2014. 2014 had 913 records.

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

Records on 04-17 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1807	1
1808	1
1815	1
1817	1
1818	1
1819	1
1823	1
1825	1
1830	1
1835	3
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	3
1853	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1862	1
1865	2
1868	1
1873	4
1874	1
1875	3
1877	4
1878	2
1880	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	4
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	3
1899	1
1900	2
1901	4
1902	4
1903	5
1904	19
1905	11
1906	14
1907	16
1908	38
1909	7
1910	29
1911	33
1912	27
1913	20
1914	83
1915	30
1916	30
1917	32
1918	35
1919	39
1920	87
1921	148
1922	96
1923	71
1924	74
1925	103
1926	140
1927	256
1928	308
1929	145
1930	238
1931	216
1932	615
1933	261
1934	234
1935	374
1936	308
1937	439
1938	564
1939	618
1940	337
1941	460
1942	415
1943	285
1944	334
1945	475
1946	492
1947	461
1948	622
1949	439
1950	293
1951	441
1952	529
1953	818
1954	650
1955	394
1956	486
1957	277
1958	702
1959	434
1960	553
1961	667
1962	597
1963	702
1964	766
1965	411
1966	409
1967	935
1968	745
1969	728
1970	547
1971	924
1972	546
1973	589
1974	244
1975	666
1976	1,630
1977	906
1978	620
1979	810
1980	675
1981	621
1982	965
1983	1,365
1984	720
1985	917
1986	997
1987	960
1988	1,082
1989	638
1990	1,065
1991	614
1992	1,105
1993	847
1994	1,047
1995	1,211
1996	1,044
1997	889
1998	1,795
1999	1,730
2000	1,082
2001	1,013
2002	2,284
2003	1,037
2004	761
2005	572
2006	1,430
2007	863
2008	842
2009	779
2010	606
2011	982
2012	920
2013	1,796
2014	913
2015	813
2016	977
2017	469
2018	1,585
2019	458
2020	1,165
2021	701
2022	831
2023	628
2024	690
2025	1,058
2026	838

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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	614
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	22
150 to 200	18
200 to 250	10
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	3