Weather Records on 1 April 1931

846 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 1931. Highest significance: Broken Hill (Patton Street), AU.

Key Facts for 1 April 1931

On 1 April 1931, 846 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 107 monthly and 729 daily.
Broken Hill (Patton Street) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 93.5 mm (3.7 in) on 1 April 1931.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

846 stations

846 station records on 1 April 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 April 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ediacara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tilpa (Tongo Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wicannia (the Peak Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hawker (Wilson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Teryawynia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gum Lake (Albemarle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kinchega	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Black Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Berrebangalo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Eurelia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nelyambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bobadah (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shearleys Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tuena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Henty Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Yanyarrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton (Mundi Mundi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mulculca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Johnburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta (Paratoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yunta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

846 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 671, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 1 April 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	671
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 1 April 1931 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 107, daily 729.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

796 broken records

Margins by which the 796 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 April 1931

Top 20 records on 1 April 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 1931	Broken Hill (Patton Street), AU	all-time rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	73 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1931	Tempe Downs, AU	monthly rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1931	Ediacara, AU	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1931	White Cliffs (Tarella), AU	monthly rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	37 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1931	Tilpa (Tongo Road), AU	monthly rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1931	Wicannia (the Peak Tank), AU	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1931	Hawker (Wilson), AU	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1931	Teryawynia, AU	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1931	Orange (McLaughlin St), AU	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1931	Kieskamahoek (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1931	Gum Lake (Albemarle), AU	all-time rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1931	Goulburn, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1931	White Cliffs Post Office, AU	monthly rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1931	Frome Downs, AU	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1931	Young Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1931	Kinchega, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1931	Taralga Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1931	Quorn (Depot Flat), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1931	Cradock, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1931	Broken Hill (Langawirra), AU	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	55 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1931. 1931 had 846 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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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	643
25 to 50	132
50 to 75	15
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2