Weather Records on 2 April 2006

794 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 2006. Highest significance: Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US.

Key Facts for 2 April 2006

On 2 April 2006, 794 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
484 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 780 daily.
Kalihi Rsch Site 777 set a daily record precipitation of 214.9 mm (8.5 in) on 2 April 2006.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

794 stations

794 station records on 2 April 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	214.9 mm (8.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Trident	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brandenberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Biddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Herington	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rookwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Muntadgin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thomas River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cienega de Flores	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Illgararie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Messina	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
White City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Biddle 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Antlers	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bulloo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Enyeje	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Blanco Lower	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Two Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wongawol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jindare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro del Gallo (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cadereyta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Esperance Downs Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kenandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amatenango del Valle	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Soderhamn A	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walters	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parakou	Benin	Record high maximum temperature	41.5 C (106.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Turee Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cordele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

794 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 204, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 280, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 217, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 2 April 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	204
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	280
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 2 April 2006 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 780.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

601 broken records

Margins by which the 601 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 2006

Top 20 records on 2 April 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 2006	Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US	daily rain	214.9 mm (8.5 in)	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2006	Trident, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2006	Brandenberg, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2006	Myrup, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	93 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2006	Manitowoc, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	103 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2006	Biddle, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2006	Beatrice Hill, AU	monthly rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2006	Herington, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2006	Venustiano Carranza, MX	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2006	Broadus, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2006	Rookwood Station, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2006	Downieville, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2006	Muntadgin, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2006	Thomas River, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2006	Cienega de Flores, MX	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2006	Gibson Dam, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2006	Illgararie, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2006	Messina, IT	daily high max	28.2 C (82.8 F)	8.2 C (14.8 F)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2006	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2006	Wheatland 4N, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	111 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2006. 2006 had 794 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 2006-04-02: 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	576
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1