Weather Records on 2 April 1952

307 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1952. Highest significance: Baunsi, IN.

Key Facts for 2 April 1952

On 2 April 1952, 307 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 293 daily.
Baunsi set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 2 April 1952.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

307 stations

307 station records on 2 April 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Woolmers Settlement	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Berhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	231.1 cm (91.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atikokan Cli	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manouan Sanmaur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.9 C (-18.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Westbury (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chanchal	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atikokan Cli	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.9 C (-27.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moosehorn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Purankot	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boqueirao Pedras Brancas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmot (Back Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dum Dooma /Sookerating Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burdwan	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tufanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saraikela	India	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

307 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 168, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 2 April 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 2 April 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 293.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

269 broken records

Margins by which the 269 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 990.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1952

Top 20 records on 2 April 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1952	Baunsi, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1952	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1952	Woolmers Settlement, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1952	Berhampur, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1952	Crested Butte, US	daily snow depth	231.1 cm (91.0 in)	99.0 cm (39.0 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1952	Passau-Maierhof, DE	daily snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	63 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1952	Atikokan Cli, CA	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1952	Manouan Sanmaur, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1952	Hanty-Mansijsk, RU	monthly low min	-27.9 C (-18.2 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1952	Westbury (Valley View), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1952	Chanchal, IN	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1952	Krishnanagar, IN	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1952	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1952	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1952	Paraiyahat, IN	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1952	Atikokan Cli, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1952	Coloso, PR	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1952	Surgut, RU	daily low min	-32.9 C (-27.2 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	57 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1952	Moosehorn, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	11 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1952	Purankot, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	28 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1952. 1952 had 307 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 200	267
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1