Weather Records on 2 April 1945

1,161 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1945. Highest significance: Hastings, US.

Key Facts for 2 April 1945

On 2 April 1945, 1,161 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
596 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,130 daily.
Hastings set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 2 April 1945.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

1,161 stations

1,161 station records on 2 April 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rayakottah	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich Township	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anantnag	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Traipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Satyavedu	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gundlupet	India	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grover 10 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sriperumbudur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wayne	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mudigere	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palani	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roberts 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Whiting	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arkalgud	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mahabalipuram Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,161 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 151, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 445, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 393, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 2 April 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	151
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	445
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	393
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 2 April 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 31, daily 1,130.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,024 broken records

Margins by which the 1,024 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 482.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1945

Top 20 records on 2 April 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1945	Hastings, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1945	Sullurpet, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1945	Somwarpet, IN	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1945	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1945	Pbo Anantapur, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1945	Streator 2SE, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1945	Millington 3 SE, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1945	Owosso Wwtp, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1945	Jacksonville 2E, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1945	Mt Carmel 4 NW, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1945	Joliet, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1945	Rayakottah, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1945	Ft Lupton 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1945	Grand Junction Walker Fld, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1945	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1945	Belur, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1945	Goderich Township, CA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1945	Toronto, CA	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1945	Albion, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1945	Bloomingdale, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)

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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1945. 1945 had 1,161 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 1945-04-02: 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 100	1,009
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1