Weather Records on 1 April 2017

792 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 2017. Highest significance: Brackettville, US.

Key Facts for 1 April 2017

On 1 April 2017, 792 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
480 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 778 daily.
Brackettville set a daily record precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 1 April 2017.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

792 stations

792 station records on 1 April 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 April 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
York Pond	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Biboohra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Mongogarie (Marangaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shirley Basin	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uttaradit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chittenden	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newcomb	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kalmar_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Union Village Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cortez	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquito Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Kotelnyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bollerup	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moundsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pikeville Ksp Post 9	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Otter Brook Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovskij Zav	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Connellsville 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswalder Oie	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamamatsu	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhneangarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mogoca	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Confluence 1 SW Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rutland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poona	India	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Remningstorp	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

792 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 287, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 193, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 206, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 1 April 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	287
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	193
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 1 April 2017 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 778.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

683 broken records

Margins by which the 683 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 April 2017

Top 20 records on 1 April 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 2017	Brackettville, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	112 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2017	York Pond, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	82 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2017	Biboohra, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2017	Upper Mongogarie (Marangaroo), AU	daily rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2017	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2017	Dodge City, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2017	Riverton, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2017	Boulder, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2017	Angermunde, DE	daily high max	21.9 C (71.4 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2017	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high max	23.7 C (74.7 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	137 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2017	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily high max	15.4 C (59.7 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	122 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2017	Harrison, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2017	Magdeburg, DE	daily high max	21.9 C (71.4 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2017	Shirley Basin, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2017	Uttaradit, TH	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2017	Middleboro, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	106 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2017	Chittenden, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	63 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2017	Woodstock, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	95 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2017	Cornwall, US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2017	Newcomb, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	32 years	39 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

1803 to 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2017. 2017 had 792 records.

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

Records on 04-01 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1805	1
1808	1
1813	1
1815	3
1819	1
1830	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	1
1855	3
1856	1
1861	2
1862	2
1865	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1881	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	5
1892	1
1893	2
1896	4
1897	5
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	4
1902	4
1903	12
1904	29
1905	10
1906	7
1907	24
1908	5
1909	13
1910	26
1911	27
1912	31
1913	35
1914	37
1915	25
1916	35
1917	80
1918	51
1919	165
1920	65
1921	46
1922	98
1923	319
1924	257
1925	111
1926	234
1927	326
1928	194
1929	336
1930	153
1931	846
1932	292
1933	188
1934	153
1935	424
1936	1,248
1937	192
1938	461
1939	226
1940	840
1941	285
1942	209
1943	319
1944	266
1945	880
1946	1,172
1947	390
1948	590
1949	308
1950	455
1951	406
1952	419
1953	249
1954	493
1955	288
1956	744
1957	314
1958	535
1959	821
1960	295
1961	496
1962	652
1963	1,123
1964	951
1965	678
1966	689
1967	928
1968	377
1969	611
1970	894
1971	384
1972	510
1973	680
1974	894
1975	1,806
1976	767
1977	524
1978	1,013
1979	738
1980	797
1981	1,115
1982	884
1983	643
1984	662
1985	826
1986	982
1987	1,762
1988	1,259
1989	1,098
1990	952
1991	693
1992	981
1993	783
1994	739
1995	1,056
1996	996
1997	1,255
1998	1,703
1999	1,341
2000	690
2001	575
2002	985
2003	1,366
2004	926
2005	1,086
2006	929
2007	963
2008	1,457
2009	846
2010	1,022
2011	1,105
2012	1,327
2013	719
2014	657
2015	606
2016	842
2017	792
2018	870
2019	674
2020	719
2021	790
2022	853
2023	1,069
2024	788
2025	779
2026	1,042

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Data for records on 2017-04-01: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 25	645
25 to 50	15
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	3