1998: The James River began to flood in early April from Columbia to Stratford. The James rose to around 1.5 feet above flood stage at Columbia and Stratford through April into May. The James River mainly flooded farmland, pastureland, and a few roads in the vicinity of the channel.

2010: In South Dakota, a band of heavy snow set up across Corson and Dewey counties during the early morning hours of April 2nd. Along with heavy wet snow, northwest winds gusting up to 40 mph developed. By the time the snow ended in the late morning hours, 6 to 8 inches of snow had fallen. The heavy snow, combined with the strong winds, downed many power poles across the region along with making travel treacherous. Some snowfall amounts included; 4 inches at Eagle Butte; 6 inches at Timber Lake, McLaughlin, and 14 miles north of Isabel; 7 inches at Isabel and 6 miles southeast of McIntosh; 8 inches southwest of Keldron. More than 400 poles were lost to the heavy snow leaving approximately 800 people without power. Eighty lineman worked through the Easter weekend in the snow and mud. McLaughlin and Keldron were the hardest hit. Several hundred people were still without power on April 5th.

1924: A Weather Bureau scientist and assistant took a hot air balloon ride for the purpose of obtaining upper atmosphere measurements on the instruments they brought along. They lifted off from Scott Air Force Base near St. Louis and landed 700 miles downstream in South Carolina.

1982: Severe thunderstorms touched off 56 tornadoes in the central U.S. An F5 multiple vortex tornado traveled 53 miles from Speer to Broken Bow in southeast Oklahoma. It was the first U.S. F5 tornado after a five year drought.

2002: Tornado hit eastern India killing at least 9 people and flattening nearly 900 homes.