Weather Records on 2 April 1940

568 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1940. Highest significance: Glasgow #2, US.

Key Facts for 2 April 1940

On 2 April 1940, 568 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
414 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 558 daily.
Glasgow #2 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 81.5 mm (3.2 in) on 2 April 1940.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

568 stations

568 station records on 2 April 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Miles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malta	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mildred	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berea College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pathfinder Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winderie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sion	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

568 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 225, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 103, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 2 April 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	225
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 2 April 1940 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 558.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

445 broken records

Margins by which the 445 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 213.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1940

Top 20 records on 2 April 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1940	Glasgow #2, US	monthly rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1940	Miles City, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1940	Ranfurly, CA	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1940	Rawsonville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1940	Maple Creek, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1940	Glasgow #2, US	all-time snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1940	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1940	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1940	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1940	Moose Jaw Chab, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1940	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1940	Malta, US	all-time snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1940	Miles City, US	monthly snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1940	Rico, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1940	Morden, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1940	Ft Valley, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1940	Regina Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1940	Miles City, US	monthly rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1940	Mildred, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1940	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	21.0 C (69.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	60 years	26 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1940. 1940 had 568 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 50	423
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2