Weather Records on 2 April 1941

276 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1941. Highest significance: Warroad, US.

Key Facts for 2 April 1941

On 2 April 1941, 276 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 269 daily.
Warroad set a daily record precipitation of 29.2 mm (1.1 in) on 2 April 1941.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

276 stations

276 station records on 2 April 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warroad	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laramie	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.8 C (-12.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Iluppur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Omak 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Simon	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roseau	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buldana	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasantville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mohawk	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orofino	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lacrosse	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

276 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 157, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 2 April 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	157
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 2 April 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 269.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

234 broken records

Margins by which the 234 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1941

Top 20 records on 2 April 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1941	Warroad, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1941	Laramie, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1941	Millsboro, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1941	Sohagpur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1941	Sviland, NO	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	43 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1941	Vastervik, SE	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1941	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1941	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	monthly rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1941	Solomons, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1941	Mildura Post Office, AU	daily high min	19.3 C (66.7 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	43 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1941	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high max	33.4 C (92.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	53 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1941	Galway, IE	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	43 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1941	Cambridge Water Trmt P, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1941	Chengannur, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1941	Poltava, UA	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	38 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1941	Mellette 4 W, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	38 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1941	Cananeia G4-001, BR	daily rain	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1941	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low min	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1941	Gaddede, SE	monthly low min	-24.8 C (-12.6 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1941	Iluppur, IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	22 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1941. 1941 had 276 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 10	189
10 to 20	28
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1