Weather Records on 2 April 1946

983 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1946. Highest significance: Gop, IN.

Key Facts for 2 April 1946

On 2 April 1946, 983 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
811 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 944 daily.
Gop set a daily record precipitation of 97.5 mm (3.8 in) on 2 April 1946.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

983 stations

983 station records on 2 April 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bhadrak	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gumma	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Canyon HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ram/Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Krielsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Edmundston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Edmundston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

983 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 393, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 418, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 April 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	393
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	418
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 April 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 39, daily 944.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

775 broken records

Margins by which the 775 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 1946

Top 20 records on 2 April 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1946	Gop, IN	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1946	Bhadrak, IN	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1946	Ostas I Hegra, NO	monthly rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1946	Namdalseid, NO	monthly rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1946	Aberdeen (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1946	Ft Valley, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1946	Jerome, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1946	Gumma, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1946	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	monthly rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1946	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	77 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1946	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1946	Grand Canyon HQ, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1946	Ram/Udayagiri, IN	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1946	Armagh, GB	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1946	Point Pleasant, US	monthly high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1946	Weston, US	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1946	Anchorage, US	monthly high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	49 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1946	Woodward, US	monthly high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1946	Galway, IE	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1946	Krielsfontein, ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	29 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1946. 1946 had 983 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	769
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1