Weather Records on 2 April 1939

265 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1939. Highest significance: Cooma Lambie Street, AU.

Key Facts for 2 April 1939

On 2 April 1939, 265 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
118 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 253 daily.
Cooma Lambie Street set a daily record precipitation of 31.5 mm (1.2 in) on 2 April 1939.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

265 stations

265 station records on 2 April 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kottayam P.W.D	India	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana River Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	60.0 cm (23.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Culvers Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jersey City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roto Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goorimpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kookynie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Derriwong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Spier Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

265 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 April 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 April 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 253.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

212 broken records

Margins by which the 212 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1939

Top 20 records on 2 April 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1939	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1939	Merriwa (Terragong), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1939	Gloversville, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1939	Storrs, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1939	W Pt, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1939	Kottayam P.W.D, IN	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1939	Cream Hill, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1939	Bedford Hills, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1939	Burlington, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1939	Charlotteburg Rsvr, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1939	Luling, US	monthly high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1939	Santa Ana River Ph 1, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1939	Sugar Land, US	monthly high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1939	Scarsdale, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1939	Boerne, US	monthly high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1939	Enosburg Falls, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1939	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1939	Albany, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1939	Warwick, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	37 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1939	Proserpine Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	23 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1939. 1939 had 265 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1939-04-02: 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 10	171
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2