Weather Records on 1 April 2010

1,022 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 2010. Highest significance: McGill, US.

Key Facts for 1 April 2010

On 1 April 2010, 1,022 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
664 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 973 daily.
McGill set a daily record snow depth of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 1 April 2010.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

1,022 stations

1,022 station records on 1 April 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 April 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
McGill	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Murgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
McArthur River Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.2 mm (6.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hayden	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hayden	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kia Ora Sandy Ridges	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Salina	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsville 2W	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sunwu	China	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Callao	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsville 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Konstantinovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Biddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huoshan	China	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Esso	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Chimalapa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yeneka	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coalville	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nanjing	China	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anadyr	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.9 C (-16.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wollogorang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,022 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 376, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 288, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 1 April 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	376
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	288
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 1 April 2010 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 47, daily 973.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

778 broken records

Margins by which the 778 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 April 2010

Top 20 records on 1 April 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 2010	McGill, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	112 years	73 of 100 (Major)
1 April 2010	Murgon Post Office, AU	daily rain	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
1 April 2010	McArthur River Mine, AU	monthly rain	162.2 mm (6.4 in)	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 April 2010	Hayden, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 April 2010	Hayden, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	73 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 April 2010	Kia Ora Sandy Ridges, AU	daily rain	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2010	Keams Canyon, US	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	104 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2010	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	monthly low max	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	104 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2010	Meeker, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2010	Salina, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2010	Pittsworth, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	107 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2010	Grantsville 2W, US	monthly snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	89 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2010	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2010	Sunwu, CN	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2010	Two Harbors, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2010	Callao, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2010	Grantsville 2W, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2010	Appleton, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2010	Forest Hill, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 2010	Konstantinovka, RU	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	47 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 2010. 2010 had 1,022 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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Data for records on 2010-04-01: 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 25	717
25 to 50	28
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	12
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	5
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1