Weather Records on 20 April 2022

596 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 April 2022. Highest significance: Slutsk, BY.

Key Facts for 20 April 2022

On 20 April 2022, 596 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
184 were record highs and 211 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 588 daily.
Slutsk set a daily record precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 20 April 2022.
Across 159 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

596 stations

596 station records on 20 April 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 April 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Slutsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Memana (Babel Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Frostburg 2	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle 13 NW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bowning (Wanganui)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Big Moose 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nurata	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Flinders Island Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Reus/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dzizak	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Raoul Isl/Kermadec	New Zealand	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Junee Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Magueyes Is	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zhlobin	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plentywood	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake Stream	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Samarkand	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whitemark Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Plymouth AWS	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pendzhikent	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Clusky	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adaminaby (Yaouk)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Old Junee (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gomel	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weethalle (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
High Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton the Anchorage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 6 SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gabes	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

596 records

Records set or tied on 20 April 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 129, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 20 April 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 20 April 2022 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 588.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

484 broken records

Margins by which the 484 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 April 2022

Top 20 records on 20 April 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 April 2022	Slutsk, BY	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 April 2022	Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	85 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 April 2022	Nenastnaja, RU	all-time rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 April 2022	Memana (Babel Farm), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 April 2022	Waskish 4NE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	97 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 April 2022	Frostburg 2, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2022	Carlyle 13 NW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2022	Bowning (Wanganui), AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	97 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2022	Big Moose 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2022	Nurata, UZ	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2022	Flinders Island Airport, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2022	Reus/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2022	Bradford 4SW Rsch 5, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2022	Wantabadgery, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	130 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2022	Dzizak, UZ	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2022	Raoul Isl/Kermadec, NZ	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2022	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2022	Warren, US	daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	117 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2022	Junee Treatment Works, AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 April 2022	Springerville, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	103 years	48 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2022. 2022 had 596 records.

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

Records on 04-20 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1817	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	4
1854	1
1858	1
1860	1
1864	1
1865	3
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1872	1
1874	3
1875	4
1876	1
1878	2
1880	2
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1889	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1894	8
1895	7
1896	3
1897	6
1898	1
1899	1
1901	8
1902	3
1903	14
1904	31
1905	9
1906	12
1907	18
1908	14
1909	22
1910	25
1911	18
1912	12
1913	19
1914	46
1915	45
1916	19
1917	33
1918	42
1919	17
1920	49
1921	27
1922	40
1923	157
1924	113
1925	169
1926	310
1927	442
1928	212
1929	182
1930	87
1931	255
1932	166
1933	279
1934	384
1935	384
1936	311
1937	427
1938	339
1939	158
1940	519
1941	558
1942	223
1943	670
1944	304
1945	391
1946	395
1947	308
1948	493
1949	477
1950	329
1951	690
1952	552
1953	1,071
1954	377
1955	623
1956	384
1957	730
1958	327
1959	563
1960	472
1961	1,078
1962	487
1963	595
1964	749
1965	724
1966	1,174
1967	864
1968	975
1969	382
1970	948
1971	765
1972	531
1973	982
1974	673
1975	344
1976	661
1977	693
1978	800
1979	495
1980	1,539
1981	706
1982	906
1983	1,844
1984	922
1985	1,140
1986	770
1987	1,447
1988	1,144
1989	1,187
1990	1,495
1991	1,075
1992	1,009
1993	772
1994	756
1995	1,351
1996	970
1997	833
1998	1,490
1999	674
2000	931
2001	752
2002	1,081
2003	758
2004	567
2005	707
2006	859
2007	582
2008	1,110
2009	845
2010	693
2011	1,477
2012	726
2013	1,520
2014	384
2015	702
2016	650
2017	734
2018	1,309
2019	1,019
2020	449
2021	1,215
2022	596
2023	828
2024	673
2025	836
2026	533

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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	456
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	6
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1