Weather Records on 2 April 1947

373 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1947. Highest significance: Plauen, DE.

Key Facts for 2 April 1947

On 2 April 1947, 373 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 370 daily.
Plauen set a daily record precipitation of 27.0 mm (1.1 in) on 2 April 1947.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

373 stations

373 station records on 2 April 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruchendur	India	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thamaraikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ambasamudram	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pattukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guaraciaba Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karambakkudi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westfalia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kirnur Nam	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seetapal	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Theethandathanam	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shencottah	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arantangi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kulasekarapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kottaram	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanathapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kabunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mudukulathur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kodavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

373 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 248, Heaviest daily snowfall 8.

Records on 2 April 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	248
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 April 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 370.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

335 broken records

Margins by which the 335 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1947

Top 20 records on 2 April 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1947	Plauen, DE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1947	Cutchogue, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1947	Tiruchendur, IN	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1947	Brookhaven City, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1947	World Trade Ctr, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1947	Thamaraikulam, IN	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1947	Ambasamudram, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1947	Pattukkottai, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1947	Franklinton, US	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	1 year	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1947	Guaraciaba Do Norte, BR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1947	Karambakkudi, IN	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1947	Troy, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1947	Amite, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1947	Westfalia, ZA	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1947	Plainfield, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1947	Mansfield 5 W, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1947	Sankarankoil, IN	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1947	Kirnur Nam, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1947	Hightstown 2 W, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1947	Union Springs 9 S, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	31 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1947. 1947 had 373 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 1947-04-02: 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 20	294
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2