Weather Records on 19 April 2020

444 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 April 2020. Highest significance: Kahuku 912, US.

Key Facts for 19 April 2020

On 19 April 2020, 444 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
195 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 434 daily.
Kahuku 912 set a daily record high maximum temperature of 31.1 C (88.0 F) on 19 April 2020.
Across 161 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

444 stations

444 station records on 19 April 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 April 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	62 of 100 (Major)
Stykkisholmur	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Beaufort MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Macon Middle Ga Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Birmingham AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Innadong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tubuai	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McComb AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quicksand	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dyersburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Arid National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Carreno/A.Gu	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Miyako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wiseman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anniston Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wisdom	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gagnoa	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karaganda	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hinatuan	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
In-Amenas	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Varazdin	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Cimone	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yugarenok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tallapoosa Wtr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Abbott	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plains SW Ga Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uega	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mound Valley 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis US Naval Academy Aso	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monte S. Angelo	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uakit	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Hill Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Collinsville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay M.O	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

444 records

Records set or tied on 19 April 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 19 April 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 19 April 2020 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 434.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

344 broken records

Margins by which the 344 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 121.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 April 2020

Top 20 records on 19 April 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 April 2020	Kahuku 912, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	104 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 April 2020	Stykkisholmur, IS	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 April 2020	Beaufort MCAS, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 2020	Macon Middle Ga Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 2020	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	116 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 2020	Talbotton, US	daily rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	1 year	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 2020	Birmingham AP, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 2020	Montgomery AP, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 2020	Innadong, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	94 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 2020	Tubuai, PF	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 2020	Bjelasnica, BA	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	120 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 2020	Hardy, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	119 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 2020	Windhoek, NA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 2020	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily high min	24.1 C (75.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	125 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 2020	Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr, ES	daily high min	15.2 C (59.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	110 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 2020	San Marcos, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	113 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 2020	McComb AP, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 2020	Rockford 3 ESE, US	all-time rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 2020	Dover, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 April 2020	Columbus Metro AP, US	all-time rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	39 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

1807 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2020. 2020 had 444 records.

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

Records on 04-19 in each year
Year	Records
1807	2
1814	1
1840	1
1843	1
1845	1
1847	1
1849	2
1851	2
1852	3
1854	1
1860	2
1862	1
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1890	7
1892	3
1893	5
1894	15
1895	6
1896	3
1897	4
1898	6
1899	3
1900	2
1901	4
1902	3
1903	16
1904	31
1905	5
1906	23
1907	27
1908	14
1909	43
1910	37
1911	31
1912	14
1913	29
1914	42
1915	32
1916	26
1917	26
1918	53
1919	25
1920	66
1921	34
1922	46
1923	106
1924	99
1925	208
1926	421
1927	609
1928	404
1929	167
1930	70
1931	164
1932	125
1933	242
1934	291
1935	256
1936	382
1937	569
1938	433
1939	383
1940	361
1941	747
1942	254
1943	588
1944	290
1945	295
1946	501
1947	314
1948	817
1949	384
1950	211
1951	576
1952	450
1953	1,158
1954	342
1955	858
1956	480
1957	576
1958	268
1959	526
1960	216
1961	759
1962	567
1963	510
1964	478
1965	578
1966	1,188
1967	915
1968	612
1969	697
1970	943
1971	721
1972	573
1973	811
1974	593
1975	584
1976	863
1977	686
1978	616
1979	592
1980	844
1981	677
1982	641
1983	2,588
1984	720
1985	1,388
1986	522
1987	1,493
1988	1,100
1989	881
1990	1,502
1991	1,068
1992	594
1993	613
1994	1,117
1995	1,347
1996	751
1997	899
1998	1,049
1999	794
2000	963
2001	1,135
2002	1,612
2003	824
2004	783
2005	851
2006	1,111
2007	759
2008	926
2009	737
2010	600
2011	1,363
2012	660
2013	2,068
2014	436
2015	692
2016	813
2017	485
2018	1,490
2019	856
2020	444
2021	640
2022	1,166
2023	828
2024	790
2025	1,135
2026	460

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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 20	314
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1