Weather Records on 2 April 1996

1,080 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1996. Highest significance: Tupper Lake Sunmount, US.

Key Facts for 2 April 1996

On 2 April 1996, 1,080 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
242 were record highs and 553 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 71 monthly and 1,008 daily.
Tupper Lake Sunmount set an all-time record daily precipitation of 114.3 mm (4.5 in) on 2 April 1996.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

1,080 stations

1,080 station records on 2 April 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Winters	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nicolaus #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ajana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Adamsonsvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Willigulli North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Granja Coronel Pedro Osorio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rietbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Court House	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Granja Osorio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Calistoga	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Devon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blyde (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miles City AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nazareth House Farm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ventersburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Butlers Gorge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein"Potfontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milingimbi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pinheiro Machado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	117.2 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seesen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zavizan	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Finca Chicharras	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Miercurea Ciuc	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cesario Lange	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Postojna	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,080 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 207, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 346, Heaviest daily rainfall 220, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 38.

Records on 2 April 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	207
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	346
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	38

Records on 2 April 1996 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 71, daily 1,008.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

846 broken records

Margins by which the 846 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

2 April 1996

Top 20 records on 2 April 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1996	Tupper Lake Sunmount, US	all-time rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	63 years	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 April 1996	Gospic, HR	daily rain	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	78 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1996	Marysville, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1996	Bowman Dam, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1996	Nevada City, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1996	Winters, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1996	Nicolaus #2, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1996	Ajana, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1996	Adamsonsvlei, ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1996	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1996	Portola, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1996	Willigulli North, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1996	Granja Coronel Pedro Osorio, BR	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1996	Rietbult, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	83 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1996	Greenville, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	83 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1996	Washington Court House, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1996	Granja Osorio, BR	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1996	Calistoga, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1996	Arnsberg, DE	daily low min	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1996	Quincy, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	43 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1996. 1996 had 1,080 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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Data for records on 1996-04-02: 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 20	788
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2