Weather Records on 7 April 2020

529 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 2020. Highest significance: Chula Vista, US.

Key Facts for 7 April 2020

On 7 April 2020, 529 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
406 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 522 daily.
Chula Vista set a daily record precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 7 April 2020.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

529 stations

529 station records on 7 April 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 April 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chula Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kula Hospital 267	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monasavu	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	212.8 mm (8.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El Cajon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Poway Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salsipuedes Gaging STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ulupalakua Rch 250	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kapalua-W Maui AP 462.4	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barnett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eveleigh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sibiti	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
S Kona 2 2.32	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Paul Dwtn AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zajsan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Dam Fc425B-E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tete	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hemet	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pearce Raaf	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Suntar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Houston William P Hobby AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Volshskiy Gmo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vitim	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gorjacinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ostergarnsholm_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Windy Harbour	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Mele	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Voru	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Obluce	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hurn	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valga	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Njurba	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pskov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Charleston Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kii-Kahuku 911	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Hart Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barshatas	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

529 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 241, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 165, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 81, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 7 April 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	241
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	165
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	81
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 7 April 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 522.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

434 broken records

Margins by which the 434 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 2020

Top 20 records on 7 April 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 2020	Chula Vista, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
7 April 2020	Redlands, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2020	Bowman Dam, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	85 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2020	Sandberg, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2020	Bowman Dam, US	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2020	Kula Hospital 267, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2020	Monasavu, FJ	daily rain	212.8 mm (8.4 in)	105.8 mm (4.2 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2020	El Cajon, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2020	Poway Valley, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2020	Kahuku 912, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2020	Salsipuedes Gaging STN, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2020	Ulupalakua Rch 250, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2020	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily high min	2.9 C (37.2 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	135 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2020	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2020	Wallace, US	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2020	Geneva, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	123 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2020	Auburn, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2020	San Jacinto, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2020	S Bend AP, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	69 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 2020	Vilsandi, EE	daily high min	5.7 C (42.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	90 years	39 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

1800 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 2020. 2020 had 529 records.

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

Records on 04-07 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1808	1
1809	3
1811	1
1815	2
1839	1
1844	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	2
1859	1
1863	1
1864	4
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	2
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	3
1891	2
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	8
1900	5
1901	6
1902	14
1903	10
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	33
1908	20
1909	33
1910	24
1911	24
1912	59
1913	55
1914	23
1915	33
1916	62
1917	83
1918	37
1919	157
1920	63
1921	319
1922	57
1923	83
1924	138
1925	152
1926	343
1927	99
1928	378
1929	835
1930	327
1931	406
1932	132
1933	174
1934	230
1935	381
1936	1,184
1937	170
1938	803
1939	956
1940	294
1941	258
1942	420
1943	720
1944	166
1945	356
1946	397
1947	278
1948	734
1949	237
1950	1,030
1951	311
1952	491
1953	425
1954	514
1955	198
1956	458
1957	293
1958	358
1959	384
1960	532
1961	665
1962	572
1963	630
1964	457
1965	342
1966	302
1967	569
1968	302
1969	449
1970	494
1971	1,260
1972	1,290
1973	722
1974	576
1975	1,305
1976	329
1977	1,050
1978	686
1979	691
1980	497
1981	353
1982	3,747
1983	1,517
1984	583
1985	599
1986	901
1987	724
1988	1,402
1989	1,386
1990	813
1991	2,007
1992	693
1993	590
1994	1,144
1995	897
1996	1,112
1997	1,996
1998	1,231
1999	898
2000	634
2001	1,556
2002	755
2003	2,205
2004	554
2005	1,002
2006	856
2007	2,249
2008	807
2009	1,183
2010	1,691
2011	1,187
2012	514
2013	693
2014	936
2015	658
2016	793
2017	692
2018	1,980
2019	604
2020	529
2021	758
2022	818
2023	844
2024	1,360
2025	645
2026	381

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Data for records on 2020-04-07: 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	427
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1