Weather Records on 2 April 1914

64 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1914. Highest significance: Uniondale (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 2 April 1914

On 2 April 1914, 64 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 63 daily.
Uniondale (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 2 April 1914.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

64 stations

64 station records on 2 April 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Maccue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Remarkable	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stony Mountain	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

64 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1914 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 29, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 2 April 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	29
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 April 1914 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 63.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

55 broken records

Margins by which the 55 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 122.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1914

Top 20 records on 2 April 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1914	Uniondale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1914	Saint John, CA	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1914	Sydney, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1914	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1914	Fort Beaufort, ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1914	Beaufort West (Met), ZA	monthly rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	19 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1914	Willowmore, ZA	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1914	Sterling, ZA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1914	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1914	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high min	9.2 C (48.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1914	Jansenville, ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1914	Ararat Post Office, AU	daily rain	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1914	Vinga, SE	daily rain	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	3 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1914	Mount Wedge, AU	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	12 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1914	Buffalo, US	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1914	Woodstock, CA	daily snowfall	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1914	Stony Mountain, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	24 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1914	Maccue, CA	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1914	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high min	5.8 C (42.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	37 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1914	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high min	8.2 C (46.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	34 years	15 of 100 (Routine)

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 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1914. 1914 had 64 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	52
20 to 40	1
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1