Weather Records on 2 April 2024

1,044 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 2024. Highest significance: Malmsbury Reservoir, AU.

Key Facts for 2 April 2024

On 2 April 2024, 1,044 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
414 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 66 monthly and 978 daily.
Malmsbury Reservoir set a daily record precipitation of 81.6 mm (3.2 in) on 2 April 2024.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

1,044 stations

1,044 station records on 2 April 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Pittsburgh ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Great Western (Seppelt)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hanko Russaro	Finland	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Nummi-Pusula Leppakorpi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Parainen Uto	Finland	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kilagarden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Remningstorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hassleby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Glenorchy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Buln Buln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ventnor (Oaklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kisa_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Taylorville 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mitcham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hanko Tvarminne	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Satenas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sorbytorp	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Scoresby Research Institute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lauriston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Falkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dromana Sussex Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kyneton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woodend (Carlisle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ararat Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Westbury (Birralee Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gendalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Traneberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Berriwillock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
East Tarwin (Mirboo Pastoral C	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fagre	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,044 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 331, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 554, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 2 April 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	331
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	554
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 2 April 2024 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 66, daily 978.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

938 broken records

Margins by which the 938 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 2024

Top 20 records on 2 April 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 2024	Malmsbury Reservoir, AU	daily rain	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	149 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 April 2024	Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek), AU	daily rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	136 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 April 2024	Robinson, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	113 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 April 2024	Pittsburgh ASOS, US	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	79 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2024	Great Western (Seppelt), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2024	Windsor, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	112 years	73 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2024	Seymour Shire Depot, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2024	Jefferson City Wtp, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	79 years	71 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2024	Hanko Russaro, FI	monthly rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2024	Nummi-Pusula Leppakorpi, FI	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2024	Philo, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	113 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2024	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	136 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2024	Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	124 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2024	Sunbury (Salesian College ), AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	136 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2024	Parainen Uto, FI	monthly rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2024	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	94 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2024	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	79 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2024	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2024	Washington, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	74 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2024	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	64 of 100 (Major)

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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2024. 2024 had 1,044 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 2024-04-02: 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	780
20 to 40	126
40 to 60	25
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1