Weather Records on 5 April 2020

483 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 2020. Highest significance: St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge), AU.

Key Facts for 5 April 2020

On 5 April 2020, 483 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
174 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 476 daily.
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge) set a daily record precipitation of 52.0 mm (2.0 in) on 5 April 2020.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

483 stations

483 station records on 5 April 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sisian	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Livermore	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
King Island Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sola/Vanua Lava Isl	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	214.1 mm (8.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey Peninsul AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kelsey 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sunndalsora III	Norway	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colgate Powerhouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Canyon Nyack AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marlo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McArthur River Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kurdjali	Bulgaria	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orly	France	Record high maximum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City Cross	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin River Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aneityum	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Echo Peak	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Pardee	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Antlers	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spavinaw	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Lakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ebbetts Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pingelap	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Midwest	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spratt Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bobo Dioulasso	Burkina Faso	Record high maximum temperature	44.1 C (111.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ploumanac'h	France	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chunggang	Korea, North	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chiloquin 12 NW (Fort Klamath)	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nixon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

483 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 128, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 5 April 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 5 April 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 476.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

414 broken records

Margins by which the 414 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 230.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 April 2020

Top 20 records on 5 April 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 2020	St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge), AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	94 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2020	Colfax, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	94 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2020	City of Melbourne Bay, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 April 2020	Sisian, AM	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2020	Livermore, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2020	Kahuku 912, US	monthly high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2020	Zamora, ES	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2020	Haugan 1 W, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	85 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2020	King Island Airport, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2020	Nevada City, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	109 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2020	Sola/Vanua Lava Isl, VU	daily rain	214.1 mm (8.4 in)	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2020	Monterey Peninsul AP, US	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2020	Portola, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2020	Kelsey 1 N, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2020	Pte de la Hague, FR	daily high max	20.1 C (68.2 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2020	Sunndalsora III, NO	daily snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2020	Colgate Powerhouse, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	109 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2020	Blue Canyon Nyack AP, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2020	Marlo, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 2020	Hayes Center 1NW, US	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	100 years	43 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 2020. 2020 had 483 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 2020-04-05: 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	401
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1