Weather Records on 2 April 1953

386 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1953. Highest significance: Ladybrand (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 2 April 1953

On 2 April 1953, 386 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 366 daily.
Ladybrand (Bos) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 219.7 mm (8.6 in) on 2 April 1953.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

386 stations

386 station records on 2 April 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ladybrand (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Excelsior (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Waterland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Verkeerdevlei (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barletta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Currawinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Umtata	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Qacha's Nek	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cengcane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mvenyane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Luckhoff (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tabankulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Likatlong	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Balbrogie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Libode (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mvenyane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moorside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nqadu Heights (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bencuti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tonti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aardoorns	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Katdoornput 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Progress	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Altamura	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarington Lock 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mahalapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baziya (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zastron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winner	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caiwarro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clarks Siding	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tevredenheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bloemfontein Kings Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Liveringa Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

386 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 287, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 2 April 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	287
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 2 April 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 366.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

341 broken records

Margins by which the 341 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1953

Top 20 records on 2 April 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1953	Ladybrand (Bos), ZA	all-time rain	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	44 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 April 1953	Excelsior (Mun), ZA	monthly rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1953	Waterland, ZA	monthly rain	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1953	Lady Grey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1953	Verkeerdevlei (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1953	Barletta, ZA	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1953	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily rain	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1953	Currawinya, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1953	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1953	Umtata, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1953	Qacha's Nek, LS	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1953	Cengcane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1953	Mvenyane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1953	Notinsila (Bos), ZA	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1953	Luckhoff (Pol), ZA	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1953	Mission 4 W, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1953	Mazelspoort Dam, ZA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1953	Tabankulu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1953	Likatlong, ZA	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1953	Balbrogie, ZA	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 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

1815 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1953. 1953 had 386 records.

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

Records on 04-02 in each year
Year	Records
1815	3
1819	1
1830	1
1841	1
1843	1
1848	2
1852	2
1855	2
1856	1
1872	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	4
1892	4
1893	1
1897	5
1898	1
1899	5
1900	12
1901	3
1902	2
1903	12
1904	12
1905	15
1906	7
1907	20
1908	13
1909	14
1910	22
1911	40
1912	25
1913	29
1914	64
1915	28
1916	67
1917	65
1918	68
1919	52
1920	62
1921	80
1922	21
1923	105
1924	303
1925	128
1926	205
1927	226
1928	271
1929	203
1930	162
1931	474
1932	455
1933	157
1934	266
1935	449
1936	1,239
1937	142
1938	279
1939	265
1940	568
1941	276
1942	172
1943	323
1944	532
1945	1,161
1946	983
1947	373
1948	452
1949	437
1950	436
1951	307
1952	307
1953	386
1954	610
1955	311
1956	834
1957	486
1958	553
1959	1,145
1960	414
1961	701
1962	459
1963	1,391
1964	806
1965	594
1966	492
1967	809
1968	391
1969	416
1970	1,325
1971	484
1972	467
1973	647
1974	808
1975	1,679
1976	592
1977	669
1978	711
1979	780
1980	567
1981	952
1982	1,026
1983	890
1984	1,021
1985	922
1986	751
1987	941
1988	1,084
1989	1,037
1990	1,203
1991	626
1992	1,835
1993	837
1994	492
1995	649
1996	1,080
1997	952
1998	1,060
1999	1,443
2000	860
2001	810
2002	1,272
2003	1,114
2004	893
2005	1,141
2006	794
2007	968
2008	838
2009	984
2010	1,394
2011	1,419
2012	1,515
2013	706
2014	577
2015	490
2016	661
2017	622
2018	1,439
2019	695
2020	1,127
2021	1,164
2022	577
2023	671
2024	1,044
2025	1,273
2026	780

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	285
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	4