Weather Records on 2 April 1955

311 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1955. Highest significance: Estancia, BR.

Key Facts for 2 April 1955

On 2 April 1955, 311 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 296 daily.
Estancia set a daily record precipitation of 68.5 mm (2.7 in) on 2 April 1955.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

311 stations

311 station records on 2 April 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Geeveston Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Itabaianinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skjak	Norway	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lymington (Fattys Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoille Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	104.0 cm (40.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	119.0 cm (46.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paulistana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wapashoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warner Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlanta 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Regina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nokomis	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yeeda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Head	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moosehorn	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
De Sabla	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Apsley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Campo Largo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record snow depth	161.0 cm (63.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

311 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 2 April 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 2 April 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 296.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

245 broken records

Margins by which the 245 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1955

Top 20 records on 2 April 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1955	Estancia, BR	daily rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1955	Wallace, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1955	Geeveston Police Station, AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1955	Springfield 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1955	Maple Creek, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1955	Itabaianinha, BR	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1955	Southport, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1955	Skjak, NO	daily snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1955	Lymington (Fattys Lane), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1955	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	25.4 C (77.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1955	Hernando, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1955	Lamoille Ph, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1955	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1955	Lien I Selbu, NO	monthly snow depth	104.0 cm (40.9 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1955	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1955	Namdalseid, NO	all-time snow depth	119.0 cm (46.9 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1955	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1955	Parnu, EE	daily low min	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	73 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1955	Sandpoint Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1955	Lunawanna, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1955. 1955 had 311 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	227
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2