Weather Records on 5 April 2015

433 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 2015. Highest significance: Maryland, AU.

Key Facts for 5 April 2015

On 5 April 2015, 433 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 422 daily.
Maryland set a daily record precipitation of 93.4 mm (3.7 in) on 5 April 2015.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

433 stations

433 station records on 5 April 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Ag Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Alford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yonago	Japan	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melville 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sorrento	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Matsue	Japan	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallangra (Wallangra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crooble Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Plains (Croye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wellingrove (Wangalea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Troickoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Croppa Creek (Krui Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grizzly	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nenjiang	China	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville (Glen Oak)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tsuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Varfu Omul	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarko-Sale	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anqing	China	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aburatsu	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moogerah Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delungra (Pearsby Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.9 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dalatangi	Iceland	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tanegashima	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-USA	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pinkett (Benbookra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huoshan	China	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miyazaki	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wollogorang	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.5 C (104.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Osaka	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hornet Bank Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fairleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elsmore (Danthonia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chichester Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oakwood (Lochiel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Mitchell (Tirranna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Ciampino	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

433 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 112, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 5 April 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 5 April 2015 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 422.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

364 broken records

Margins by which the 364 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 2015

Top 20 records on 5 April 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 2015	Maryland, AU	daily rain	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2015	Deepwater Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	125 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2015	Dalveen, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2015	Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd), AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	115 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2015	Glen Innes Ag Research STN, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2015	Mt Alford, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2015	Yonago, JP	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2015	Melville 4 W, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2015	Bowman Dam, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2015	Belfast, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2015	Sorrento, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2015	Matsue, JP	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2015	Manila, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2015	Wallangra (Wallangra Station), AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2015	Crooble Station, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2015	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	81 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2015	Kings Plains (Croye), AU	daily rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2015	Stroud Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	90 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2015	Wellingrove (Wangalea), AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2015	Troickoe, RU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	56 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

1809 to 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 2015. 2015 had 433 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 2015-04-05: 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	358
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1