Weather Records on 2 April 1932

455 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1932. Highest significance: Litchfield, AU.

Key Facts for 2 April 1932

On 2 April 1932, 455 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
189 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 448 daily.
Litchfield set a daily record precipitation of 53.8 mm (2.1 in) on 2 April 1932.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

455 stations

455 station records on 2 April 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Narrewilock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Galaquil East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jallukar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glenaroua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wychitella South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gredgwin (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ninyeunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Denial Bay (Nadia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bizerte Cap Blanc	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warmur West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toolleen (Ryan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birchip Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

455 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 79, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 220, Heaviest daily snowfall 19.

Records on 2 April 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	79
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 April 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 448.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

381 broken records

Margins by which the 381 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1932

Top 20 records on 2 April 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1932	Litchfield, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1932	Narrewilock, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1932	Coldwater, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1932	Laanecoorie Weir, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1932	Palmer, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1932	Galaquil East, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1932	Southampton, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1932	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1932	Laen, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1932	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1932	Bridgewater (Memsie), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1932	Melton, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1932	Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1932	Longerenong, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1932	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1932	Cherry Gardens, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1932	Boort, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1932	Jallukar, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1932	Glenaroua, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1932	Wartook Reservoir, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	33 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1932. 1932 had 455 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 1932-04-02: 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 50	375
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1