Weather Records on 2 April 1916

67 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1916. Highest significance: Marsden (Merungle), AU.

Key Facts for 2 April 1916

On 2 April 1916, 67 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 66 daily.
Marsden (Merungle) set a daily record precipitation of 31.2 mm (1.2 in) on 2 April 1916.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

67 stations

67 station records on 2 April 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marsden (Merungle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dinby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Puckawidgee Back	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glenariff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Red Hill Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
The Olives	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trundle (Murrumbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cowal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winbar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Oxley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wargam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mandamar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Steam Plains 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Curraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Currawinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Warwillah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cudgewa North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bygoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Coronga Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Wunnamurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston (Cowl Cowl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Roto (Coombie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

67 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 53.

Records on 2 April 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	53
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 April 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 66.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

61 broken records

Margins by which the 61 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 42.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1916

Top 20 records on 2 April 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1916	Marsden (Merungle), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1916	Dinby, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1916	Puckawidgee Back, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1916	Warren (Eenaweena), AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1916	Belconnen (Weetangerra), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1916	Glenariff, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1916	Tumut (Red Hill Station), AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1916	The Olives, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1916	Camden 1, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1916	Trundle (Murrumbogie), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1916	Temora Ambulance Station, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1916	M.R.A., AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1916	Michelago (Soglio), AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1916	Quantambone, AU	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1916	Boorara, AU	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1916	Sussex, AU	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1916	Warraweena, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1916	Lake Cowal, AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1916	Winbar, AU	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1916	Mount Oxley, AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	20 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 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1916. 1916 had 67 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 1916-04-02: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 2 April 1916
Margin	Records
0 to 10	32
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1