Weather Records on 17 April 2019

458 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 April 2019. Highest significance: Blythe, US.

Key Facts for 17 April 2019

On 17 April 2019, 458 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
297 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 446 daily.
Blythe set a daily record precipitation of 26.9 mm (1.1 in) on 17 April 2019.
Across 166 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

458 stations

458 station records on 17 April 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 April 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blythe	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Yugarenok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Guna	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
St Paul Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parafield Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luck	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
College Obsy	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Raaf	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glad Valley 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Matuku	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sobolevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Kent Town)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Agzu	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yongala	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moorabbin Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maatsuyker Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melnichnoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera Aerodrome	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Aero	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scoresby Research Institute	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ararat Prison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale (Turretfield Research	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kyabram Dpi	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Strahan Aerodrome	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bilbao Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Norris	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wausau ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tatura Inst Sustainable Ag	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

458 records

Records set or tied on 17 April 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 145, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 115, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 17 April 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	145
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 17 April 2019 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 446.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

414 broken records

Margins by which the 414 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 April 2019

Top 20 records on 17 April 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 April 2019	Blythe, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2019	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2019	Yugarenok, RU	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
17 April 2019	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	monthly high min	24.3 C (75.7 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	133 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2019	Essendon Airport, AU	daily high min	21.9 C (71.4 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	77 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2019	Guna, IN	monthly rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	83 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2019	St Paul Dwtn AP, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2019	Snow Hill 4 N, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2019	Robe Comparison, AU	daily high min	18.5 C (65.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2019	Abilene, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	124 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2019	Chapman, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2019	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily high min	24.5 C (76.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2019	Parafield Airport, AU	daily high min	23.4 C (74.1 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	69 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2019	University Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2019	Luck, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2019	Mount Barker, AU	monthly high min	23.4 C (74.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2019	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily low min	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	92 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2019	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high min	15.8 C (60.4 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2019	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 2019	College Obsy, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	26 years	35 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

1799 to 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2019. 2019 had 458 records.

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

Records on 04-17 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1807	1
1808	1
1815	1
1817	1
1818	1
1819	1
1823	1
1825	1
1830	1
1835	3
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	3
1853	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1862	1
1865	2
1868	1
1873	4
1874	1
1875	3
1877	4
1878	2
1880	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	4
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	3
1899	1
1900	2
1901	4
1902	4
1903	5
1904	19
1905	11
1906	14
1907	16
1908	38
1909	7
1910	29
1911	33
1912	27
1913	20
1914	83
1915	30
1916	30
1917	32
1918	35
1919	39
1920	87
1921	148
1922	96
1923	71
1924	74
1925	103
1926	140
1927	256
1928	308
1929	145
1930	238
1931	216
1932	615
1933	261
1934	234
1935	374
1936	308
1937	439
1938	564
1939	618
1940	337
1941	460
1942	415
1943	285
1944	334
1945	475
1946	492
1947	461
1948	622
1949	439
1950	293
1951	441
1952	529
1953	818
1954	650
1955	394
1956	486
1957	277
1958	702
1959	434
1960	553
1961	667
1962	597
1963	702
1964	766
1965	411
1966	409
1967	935
1968	745
1969	728
1970	547
1971	924
1972	546
1973	589
1974	244
1975	666
1976	1,630
1977	906
1978	620
1979	810
1980	675
1981	621
1982	965
1983	1,365
1984	720
1985	917
1986	997
1987	960
1988	1,082
1989	638
1990	1,065
1991	614
1992	1,105
1993	847
1994	1,047
1995	1,211
1996	1,044
1997	889
1998	1,795
1999	1,730
2000	1,082
2001	1,013
2002	2,284
2003	1,037
2004	761
2005	572
2006	1,430
2007	863
2008	842
2009	779
2010	606
2011	982
2012	920
2013	1,796
2014	913
2015	813
2016	977
2017	469
2018	1,585
2019	458
2020	1,165
2021	701
2022	831
2023	628
2024	690
2025	1,058
2026	838

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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 20	400
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1