Weather Records on 4 April 2026

894 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 2026. Highest significance: Jamestown State Hosp, US.

Key Facts for 4 April 2026

On 4 April 2026, 894 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
652 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 876 daily.
Jamestown State Hosp set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 4 April 2026.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

894 stations

894 station records on 4 April 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Friendship	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Georgetown 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
La Moure	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Indus 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Litchville 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Halstad	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Madill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dwight Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Enderlin 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Laporte	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Robinson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa Island California	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dowagiac 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kenosha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ballyshannon (Cathleens Fall)	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelton 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lehigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

894 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 248, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 404, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 4 April 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	248
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	404
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 4 April 2026 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 16, daily 876.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

739 broken records

Margins by which the 739 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

4 April 2026

Top 20 records on 4 April 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 2026	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	104 years	73 of 100 (Major)
4 April 2026	Friendship, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	93 years	72 of 100 (Major)
4 April 2026	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	91 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 April 2026	Georgetown 1 E, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 April 2026	La Moure, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 April 2026	Montpelier, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 April 2026	Indus 3 W, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	69 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 April 2026	Napoleon, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	124 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 April 2026	Sherman, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	104 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2026	Litchville 2NW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2026	Northwood, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	99 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2026	Pontotoc 1N, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2026	Beloit, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	115 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2026	Halstad, US	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2026	Mayville, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2026	Britton, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	91 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2026	Hampton, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2026	Boone, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2026	Postville, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 2026	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	99 years	49 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

1794 to 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2026. 2026 had 894 records.

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

Records on 04-04 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1808	1
1809	1
1815	2
1819	1
1853	1
1857	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1891	1
1892	6
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	4
1900	7
1901	12
1902	2
1903	17
1904	6
1905	23
1906	7
1907	9
1908	20
1909	15
1910	48
1911	55
1912	25
1913	31
1914	13
1915	52
1916	65
1917	36
1918	37
1919	27
1920	89
1921	205
1922	39
1923	101
1924	51
1925	126
1926	206
1927	203
1928	625
1929	1,320
1930	86
1931	201
1932	193
1933	167
1934	656
1935	402
1936	714
1937	344
1938	201
1939	243
1940	392
1941	353
1942	537
1943	456
1944	975
1945	806
1946	459
1947	397
1948	202
1949	458
1950	1,044
1951	352
1952	348
1953	332
1954	742
1955	448
1956	426
1957	984
1958	492
1959	524
1960	756
1961	525
1962	308
1963	586
1964	675
1965	443
1966	469
1967	438
1968	640
1969	424
1970	438
1971	560
1972	695
1973	511
1974	1,356
1975	1,981
1976	353
1977	780
1978	497
1979	984
1980	690
1981	1,393
1982	1,251
1983	1,202
1984	762
1985	865
1986	810
1987	2,317
1988	1,119
1989	668
1990	826
1991	957
1992	1,270
1993	733
1994	726
1995	935
1996	699
1997	1,538
1998	931
1999	1,575
2000	1,371
2001	1,040
2002	989
2003	1,055
2004	782
2005	1,070
2006	911
2007	1,009
2008	860
2009	1,068
2010	758
2011	1,155
2012	830
2013	938
2014	705
2015	452
2016	795
2017	603
2018	1,196
2019	407
2020	914
2021	1,341
2022	1,014
2023	2,058
2024	966
2025	1,330
2026	894

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Data for records on 2026-04-04: 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	712
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1