Cold outbreak in China and 5 other countries, 16 to 25 April 2020

Name: Cold outbreak in China and 5 other countries, 16 to 25 April 2020
Start: 2020-04-16
End: 2020-04-25
Location: China, Russia, Japan, Korea, North, Mongolia, Korea, South

Cold outbreak in China and 5 other countries, 16 to 25 April 2020: 192 records at 130 stations, peak on 21 April 2020. Closed.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Key Facts

Cold outbreak in China and 5 other countries, 16 to 25 April 2020 set or tied 192 station records at 130 stations.
It ran from 16 April 2020 to 25 April 2020 (10 days) and its peak day was 21 April 2020.
Status: closed.
Nerchinskij Zavod set a daily record low maximum temperature of -2.4 C (27.7 F) on 20 April 2020.
The busiest day was 22 April 2020 with 49 records.
The oldest broken record in the ranked list had stood for 83 years.

Footprint

16 to 25 April 2020

The area covered by Cold outbreak in China and 5 other countries, 16 to 25 April 2020 is outlined, with 16 of the stations that set records marked, coloured by record type. Made with Natural Earth.

Footprint of Cold outbreak in China and 5 other countries, 16 to 25 April 2020: stations that set records in the event
Station	Type	Value	Date
Nerchinskij Zavod	Record low maximum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	2020-04-20
Krasnyj Jar	Record low maximum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	2020-04-22
Sretensk	Record low maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	2020-04-20
Mogoca	Record low maximum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	2020-04-20
Yan An	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	2020-04-24
Uchur	Record low maximum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	2020-04-18
Tanegashima	Record low maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	2020-04-22
Datong	Record low minimum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	2020-04-22
Ust-Njukzha	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2020-04-20
Dandong	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	2020-04-23
Sosnovo-Ozerskoe	Record low minimum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	2020-04-22
Ulety	Record low minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	2020-04-22
Yugarenok	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	2020-04-19
Xilin Hot	Record low maximum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	2020-04-21
Yanzhou	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	2020-04-23
Bengbu	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2020-04-23

Records per Day

Peak day 48

Records set or tied each day from 16 April 2020 to 25 April 2020. The most in one day was 49 on 22 April 2020.

Records per day during Cold outbreak in China and 5 other countries, 16 to 25 April 2020
Date	Records
2020-04-16	1
2020-04-17	3
2020-04-18	5
2020-04-19	12
2020-04-20	18
2020-04-21	48
2020-04-22	49
2020-04-23	39
2020-04-24	8
2020-04-25	9

Top Records by Margin

Margin over the record replaced

Top records of Cold outbreak in China and 5 other countries, 16 to 25 April 2020 ranked by margin
Datong, 04-22	3.8 C (6.8 F)
Yan An, 04-24	3.6 C (6.5 F)
Datong, 04-21	3.6 C (6.5 F)
Krasnyj Jar, 04-22	3.3 C (5.9 F)
Xilin Hot, 04-21	3.3 C (5.9 F)
Nerchinskij Zavod, 04-20	3.0 C (5.4 F)
Sretensk, 04-20	2.9 C (5.2 F)
Mogoca, 04-20	2.3 C (4.1 F)
Tanegashima, 04-22	1.9 C (3.4 F)
Yan An, 04-23	1.8 C (3.2 F)
Sosnovo-Ozerskoe, 04-22	1.6 C (2.9 F)
Dandong, 04-23	1.4 C (2.5 F)
Ulety, 04-22	1.4 C (2.5 F)
Yugarenok, 04-19	1.3 C (2.3 F)
Uchur, 04-18	1.1 C (2.0 F)

Margin is how far the new value is beyond the record it replaced. Ties are not shown.

Margin Against Age of the Broken Record

192 records plotted by how far they beat the old record (across) and how many years the old record had stood (up). Long standing records beaten by a wide margin sit in the top right.

Margin against age of the broken record in Cold outbreak in China and 5 other countries, 16 to 25 April 2020
Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
3.0	83
3.3	79
2.9	79
3.6	65
2.3	69
1.9	66
1.1	80
3.8	61
0.8	76
3.6	61
1.8	67
1.4	67
0.5	79
1.6	69
1.4	68
3.3	61
0.8	67
1.1	67
0.9	68
1.3	70
3.2	61
2.7	61
0.8	68
1.4	61
1.1	68
3.9	57
3.0	56
1.6	62
0.4	61
2.5	56
1.2	64
3.9	44
0.1	69
2.2	61
1.3	61
2.1	61
1.0	61
0.2	68
0.3	67
0.3	69
0.1	67
2.5	56
1.6	57
2.0	56
2.7	44
1.0	61
0.9	61
1.4	55
0.4	65
1.5	56
0.7	60
1.7	56
0.9	61
0.9	61
0.1	61
0.5	61
3.0	46
0.2	66
0.6	56
1.4	56
0.6	61
0.1	61
1.6	47
2.2	47
0.4	60
3.2	46
1.9	46
2.6	44
0.5	56
0.7	56
1.2	42
1.0	42
0.6	47
0.6	47
0.5	56
2.2	40
3.1	34
1.5	44
1.3	44
0.9	44
4.5	32
0.1	43
4.9	25
3.6	32
1.6	40
0.4	51
2.4	40
1.6	40
1.9	34
0.9	46
1.8	40
1.7	40
1.3	43
0.3	47
0.8	46
1.8	43
0.7	44
0.3	44
0.5	44
0.2	46
0.2	46
0.3	44
0.3	44
0.4	44
1.5	34
1.2	46
5.0	34
0.3	43
0.1	43
1.4	40
0.9	43
0.9	40
2.4	32
0.7	40
1.0	40
2.2	30
0.2	44
0.6	40
2.1	32
0.7	37
1.1	43
0.3	40
1.3	32
1.4	34
1.2	34
1.1	34
1.3	30
4.4	15
1.2	31
0.9	36
0.3	43
1.2	31
1.5	33
1.8	32
0.1	36
1.4	30
0.1	46
0.1	29
0.2	36
0.4	34
2.9	15
0.5	32
0.4	30
0.5	33
0.2	34
1.1	32
1.8	19
0.2	33
2.7	12
3.1	19
0.2	30
0.4	32
0.5	32
0.1	32
0.2	30
1.0	29
2.9	19
0.4	29
1.4	19
1.9	10
1.5	17
1.2	23
3.8	23
1.9	19
2.7	14
0.6	16
1.2	10
2.8	11
2.1	12
1.1	19
1.6	19
1.5	11
0.9	17
0.3	32
0.4	30
0.4	18
0.3	13
0.9	14
0.7	10
0.4	16
0.6	10
0.6	10
1.1	11
0.1	19
0.3	10
1.0	11
0.3	25
0.4	11
0.6	10
0.1	7
0.3	10
0.1	7

Compared With Other Events

Station records per event

Station records in Cold outbreak in China and 5 other countries, 16 to 25 April 2020 compared with similar events
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 6 February to 5 March 2021	12,118 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 13 October to 5 November 2020	9,841 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 23 December 2017 to 8 January 2018	8,263 records
Cold outbreak in United States and Mexico, 3 to 23 January 2024	7,675 records
Cold outbreak in United States, 15 January to 10 February 2026	5,568 records
Cold outbreak in China and 5 other countries, 16 to 25 April 2020 (this event)	192 records

Every Record Set

20 of 192

Every record set or tied during Cold outbreak in China and 5 other countries, 16 to 25 April 2020, in date order
Date	Station	Record	Value	Margin	Years stood	Significance
2020-04-18	Uchur	Record low maximum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	80	33 of 100 (Routine)
2020-04-19	Nerchinskij Zavod	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	76	32 of 100 (Routine)
2020-04-19	Yugarenok	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	70	29 of 100 (Routine)
2020-04-20	Nerchinskij Zavod	Record low maximum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	83	38 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-20	Sretensk	Record low maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	79	35 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-20	Mogoca	Record low maximum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	69	34 of 100 (Routine)
2020-04-20	Ust-Njukzha	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	79	31 of 100 (Routine)
2020-04-21	Datong	Record low minimum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	61	31 of 100 (Routine)
2020-04-21	Xilin Hot	Record low maximum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	61	29 of 100 (Routine)
2020-04-22	Krasnyj Jar	Record low maximum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	79	36 of 100 (Notable)
2020-04-22	Tanegashima	Record low maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	66	33 of 100 (Routine)
2020-04-22	Datong	Record low minimum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	61	32 of 100 (Routine)
2020-04-22	Sosnovo-Ozerskoe	Record low minimum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	69	30 of 100 (Routine)
2020-04-22	Ulety	Record low minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	68	30 of 100 (Routine)
2020-04-22	Dandong	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	67	29 of 100 (Routine)
2020-04-23	Yan An	Record low minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	67	31 of 100 (Routine)
2020-04-23	Dandong	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	67	31 of 100 (Routine)
2020-04-23	Yanzhou	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	67	29 of 100 (Routine)
2020-04-23	Bengbu	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	68	29 of 100 (Routine)
2020-04-24	Yan An	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	65	34 of 100 (Routine)

The daily ledgers keep a limited number of records per day, so this list has 20 of the 192 records the event counts. The counts above use the full total.

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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)) Data as of 2026-10-17. Events are found by this site from station records and are not official designations. Records are provisional until reprocessed.

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
3.0	83
3.3	79
2.9	79
3.6	65
2.3	69
1.9	66
1.1	80
3.8	61
0.8	76
3.6	61
1.8	67
1.4	67
0.5	79
1.6	69
1.4	68
3.3	61
0.8	67
1.1	67
0.9	68
1.3	70
3.2	61
2.7	61
0.8	68
1.4	61
1.1	68
3.9	57
3.0	56
1.6	62
0.4	61
2.5	56
1.2	64
3.9	44
0.1	69
2.2	61
1.3	61
2.1	61
1.0	61
0.2	68
0.3	67
0.3	69
0.1	67
2.5	56
1.6	57
2.0	56
2.7	44
1.0	61
0.9	61
1.4	55
0.4	65
1.5	56
0.7	60
1.7	56
0.9	61
0.9	61
0.1	61
0.5	61
3.0	46
0.2	66
0.6	56
1.4	56
0.6	61
0.1	61
1.6	47
2.2	47
0.4	60
3.2	46
1.9	46
2.6	44
0.5	56
0.7	56
1.2	42
1.0	42
0.6	47
0.6	47
0.5	56
2.2	40
3.1	34
1.5	44
1.3	44
0.9	44
4.5	32
0.1	43
4.9	25
3.6	32
1.6	40
0.4	51
2.4	40
1.6	40
1.9	34
0.9	46
1.8	40
1.7	40
1.3	43
0.3	47
0.8	46
1.8	43
0.7	44
0.3	44
0.5	44
0.2	46
0.2	46
0.3	44
0.3	44
0.4	44
1.5	34
1.2	46
5.0	34
0.3	43
0.1	43
1.4	40
0.9	43
0.9	40
2.4	32
0.7	40
1.0	40
2.2	30
0.2	44
0.6	40
2.1	32
0.7	37
1.1	43
0.3	40
1.3	32
1.4	34
1.2	34
1.1	34
1.3	30
4.4	15
1.2	31
0.9	36
0.3	43
1.2	31
1.5	33
1.8	32
0.1	36
1.4	30
0.1	46
0.1	29
0.2	36
0.4	34
2.9	15
0.5	32
0.4	30
0.5	33
0.2	34
1.1	32
1.8	19
0.2	33
2.7	12
3.1	19
0.2	30
0.4	32
0.5	32
0.1	32
0.2	30
1.0	29
2.9	19
0.4	29
1.4	19
1.9	10
1.5	17
1.2	23
3.8	23
1.9	19
2.7	14
0.6	16
1.2	10
2.8	11
2.1	12
1.1	19
1.6	19
1.5	11
0.9	17
0.3	32
0.4	30
0.4	18
0.3	13
0.9	14
0.7	10
0.4	16
0.6	10
0.6	10
1.1	11
0.1	19
0.3	10
1.0	11
0.3	25
0.4	11
0.6	10
0.1	7
0.3	10
0.1	7

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
3.0	83
3.3	79
2.9	79
3.6	65
2.3	69
1.9	66
1.1	80
3.8	61
0.8	76
3.6	61
1.8	67
1.4	67
0.5	79
1.6	69
1.4	68
3.3	61
0.8	67
1.1	67
0.9	68
1.3	70
3.2	61
2.7	61
0.8	68
1.4	61
1.1	68
3.9	57
3.0	56
1.6	62
0.4	61
2.5	56
1.2	64
3.9	44
0.1	69
2.2	61
1.3	61
2.1	61
1.0	61
0.2	68
0.3	67
0.3	69
0.1	67
2.5	56
1.6	57
2.0	56
2.7	44
1.0	61
0.9	61
1.4	55
0.4	65
1.5	56
0.7	60
1.7	56
0.9	61
0.9	61
0.1	61
0.5	61
3.0	46
0.2	66
0.6	56
1.4	56
0.6	61
0.1	61
1.6	47
2.2	47
0.4	60
3.2	46
1.9	46
2.6	44
0.5	56
0.7	56
1.2	42
1.0	42
0.6	47
0.6	47
0.5	56
2.2	40
3.1	34
1.5	44
1.3	44
0.9	44
4.5	32
0.1	43
4.9	25
3.6	32
1.6	40
0.4	51
2.4	40
1.6	40
1.9	34
0.9	46
1.8	40
1.7	40
1.3	43
0.3	47
0.8	46
1.8	43
0.7	44
0.3	44
0.5	44
0.2	46
0.2	46
0.3	44
0.3	44
0.4	44
1.5	34
1.2	46
5.0	34
0.3	43
0.1	43
1.4	40
0.9	43
0.9	40
2.4	32
0.7	40
1.0	40
2.2	30
0.2	44
0.6	40
2.1	32
0.7	37
1.1	43
0.3	40
1.3	32
1.4	34
1.2	34
1.1	34
1.3	30
4.4	15
1.2	31
0.9	36
0.3	43
1.2	31
1.5	33
1.8	32
0.1	36
1.4	30
0.1	46
0.1	29
0.2	36
0.4	34
2.9	15
0.5	32
0.4	30
0.5	33
0.2	34
1.1	32
1.8	19
0.2	33
2.7	12
3.1	19
0.2	30
0.4	32
0.5	32
0.1	32
0.2	30
1.0	29
2.9	19
0.4	29
1.4	19
1.9	10
1.5	17
1.2	23
3.8	23
1.9	19
2.7	14
0.6	16
1.2	10
2.8	11
2.1	12
1.1	19
1.6	19
1.5	11
0.9	17
0.3	32
0.4	30
0.4	18
0.3	13
0.9	14
0.7	10
0.4	16
0.6	10
0.6	10
1.1	11
0.1	19
0.3	10
1.0	11
0.3	25
0.4	11
0.6	10
0.1	7
0.3	10
0.1	7

Margin (C)	Years the old record stood
3.0	83
3.3	79
2.9	79
3.6	65
2.3	69
1.9	66
1.1	80
3.8	61
0.8	76
3.6	61
1.8	67
1.4	67
0.5	79
1.6	69
1.4	68
3.3	61
0.8	67
1.1	67
0.9	68
1.3	70
3.2	61
2.7	61
0.8	68
1.4	61
1.1	68
3.9	57
3.0	56
1.6	62
0.4	61
2.5	56
1.2	64
3.9	44
0.1	69
2.2	61
1.3	61
2.1	61
1.0	61
0.2	68
0.3	67
0.3	69
0.1	67
2.5	56
1.6	57
2.0	56
2.7	44
1.0	61
0.9	61
1.4	55
0.4	65
1.5	56
0.7	60
1.7	56
0.9	61
0.9	61
0.1	61
0.5	61
3.0	46
0.2	66
0.6	56
1.4	56
0.6	61
0.1	61
1.6	47
2.2	47
0.4	60
3.2	46
1.9	46
2.6	44
0.5	56
0.7	56
1.2	42
1.0	42
0.6	47
0.6	47
0.5	56
2.2	40
3.1	34
1.5	44
1.3	44
0.9	44
4.5	32
0.1	43
4.9	25
3.6	32
1.6	40
0.4	51
2.4	40
1.6	40
1.9	34
0.9	46
1.8	40
1.7	40
1.3	43
0.3	47
0.8	46
1.8	43
0.7	44
0.3	44
0.5	44
0.2	46
0.2	46
0.3	44
0.3	44
0.4	44
1.5	34
1.2	46
5.0	34
0.3	43
0.1	43
1.4	40
0.9	43
0.9	40
2.4	32
0.7	40
1.0	40
2.2	30
0.2	44
0.6	40
2.1	32
0.7	37
1.1	43
0.3	40
1.3	32
1.4	34
1.2	34
1.1	34
1.3	30
4.4	15
1.2	31
0.9	36
0.3	43
1.2	31
1.5	33
1.8	32
0.1	36
1.4	30
0.1	46
0.1	29
0.2	36
0.4	34
2.9	15
0.5	32
0.4	30
0.5	33
0.2	34
1.1	32
1.8	19
0.2	33
2.7	12
3.1	19
0.2	30
0.4	32
0.5	32
0.1	32
0.2	30
1.0	29
2.9	19
0.4	29
1.4	19
1.9	10
1.5	17
1.2	23
3.8	23
1.9	19
2.7	14
0.6	16
1.2	10
2.8	11
2.1	12
1.1	19
1.6	19
1.5	11
0.9	17
0.3	32
0.4	30
0.4	18
0.3	13
0.9	14
0.7	10
0.4	16
0.6	10
0.6	10
1.1	11
0.1	19
0.3	10
1.0	11
0.3	25
0.4	11
0.6	10
0.1	7
0.3	10
0.1	7