Weather Records on 2 April 1924

303 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1924. Highest significance: Warburton, AU.

Key Facts for 2 April 1924

On 2 April 1924, 303 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 291 daily.
Warburton set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 2 April 1924.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

303 stations

303 station records on 2 April 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gragin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Toogimbie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trida (Murrumbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Neerim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Welton Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wakool (Barratta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maude (Nap Nap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

303 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 168, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 2 April 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 2 April 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 291.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

257 broken records

Margins by which the 257 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 173.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1924

Top 20 records on 2 April 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1924	Warburton, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1924	Wallan (Walnarring), AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1924	Gragin, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1924	Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1924	Quebec, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1924	Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1924	Halden, NO	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1924	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1924	Lilydale, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1924	Portarlington, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1924	Dookie Agricultural College, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1924	Brome, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1924	Quebec, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1924	Bathurst, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1924	Arad, RO	monthly rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1924	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1924	Hay (Toogimbie), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1924	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1924	Rockhampton Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1924	Trida (Murrumbong), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	31 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1924. 1924 had 303 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 1924-04-02: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	226
25 to 50	15
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	2