Weather Records on 2 April 1950

436 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1950. Highest significance: Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea), AU.

Key Facts for 2 April 1950

On 2 April 1950, 436 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
114 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 426 daily.
Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea) set a daily record precipitation of 39.6 mm (1.6 in) on 2 April 1950.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

436 stations

436 station records on 2 April 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Pomeroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Urawilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jindabyne (Lynwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burra 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albilbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gongolgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McDonald	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrix	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Summer Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tinnenburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hall (Lochleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cobbity (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Goncalo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saltern Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cowra Ag Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maxwelton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paupong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wilburra Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Isis Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uttamachipura	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Ryde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Kosciusko (Hotel Koscius	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Badarwah	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hollowaysrust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Evesham Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saboeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crato	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

436 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 2 April 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 2 April 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 426.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

366 broken records

Margins by which the 366 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1950

Top 20 records on 2 April 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1950	Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea), AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1950	Goulburn, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	86 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1950	Queanbeyan Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1950	Brewarrina (Talawanta), AU	monthly rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1950	Goulburn (Pomeroy), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1950	Okmulgee Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1950	Gunning Rural Supplies, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1950	Manildra (George St), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1950	Urawilkie, AU	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1950	Jindabyne (Lynwood), AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1950	Burra 1, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1950	Karad, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1950	Albilbah, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1950	Gongolgon Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1950	Mount McDonald, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1950	Elmore, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1950	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1950	Gumbardo, AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1950	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	75 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1950	Beatrix, ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	35 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1950. 1950 had 436 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 1950-04-02: 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	305
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1