Weather Records on 5 April 1999

1,658 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 April 1999. Highest significance: Caniambo, AU.

Key Facts for 5 April 1999

On 5 April 1999, 1,658 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
620 were record highs and 357 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 65 monthly and 1,586 daily.
Caniambo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 95.0 mm (3.7 in) on 5 April 1999.
Across 154 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

1,658 stations

1,658 station records on 5 April 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 April 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Caniambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Ganmain Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bonnie Doon Garage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Tarkio	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Borenore Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Trangie (Old Bundemar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Loxton (Pyap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Blue Ridge Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Grong Grong (Junee St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Creightons Creek (Baronga (Cre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Payson	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Skwentna	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Molka (Lowana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Swanpool (Tiree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra (Acheron)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Canberra Airport Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tootool (Bryntirion)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fords Bridge (Delta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ajo	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goonumbla (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marra Creek (Womboin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Old Junee (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wallendbeen (Corang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Junee (Breffni)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Miepoll South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Trundle (Murrumbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Millthorpe (Inala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Terip Terip	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Denio	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill (Waratah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,658 records

Records set or tied on 5 April 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 295, Lowest daily maximum 188, Highest daily minimum 325, Lowest daily minimum 169, Heaviest daily rainfall 557, Heaviest daily snowfall 74, Deepest snow cover 50.

Records on 5 April 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	295
Lowest daily maximum	188
Highest daily minimum	325
Lowest daily minimum	169
Heaviest daily rainfall	557
Heaviest daily snowfall	74
Deepest snow cover	50

Records on 5 April 1999 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 65, daily 1,586.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,343 broken records

Margins by which the 1,343 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

5 April 1999

Top 20 records on 5 April 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 April 1999	Caniambo, AU	monthly rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	83 years	77 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1999	Ganmain Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	76 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1999	Peak Hill (Bruie Plains), AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	99 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1999	Bonnie Doon Garage, AU	daily rain	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	69 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1999	Tarkio, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1999	Borenore Store, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1999	Tongala, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1999	Trangie (Old Bundemar), AU	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	99 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1999	Loxton (Pyap), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1999	Blue Ridge Rs, US	all-time snowfall	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	11 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1999	Herbert Vale, AU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	108 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1999	Grong Grong (Junee St), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1999	Tres Piedras, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1999	Strathbogie North, AU	monthly rain	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1999	Violet Town, AU	monthly rain	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	109 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1999	Creightons Creek (Baronga (Cre, AU	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1999	Payson, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 April 1999	Mathinna (Fingal Road), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1999	Skwentna, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1999	Molka (Lowana), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	58 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1999. 1999 had 1,658 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1999-04-05: 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	1,288
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	15
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	2