Weather Records on 2 April 1958

553 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1958. Highest significance: Sacramento 5 ESE, US.

Key Facts for 2 April 1958

On 2 April 1958, 553 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 526 daily.
Sacramento 5 ESE set a daily record precipitation of 56.6 mm (2.2 in) on 2 April 1958.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

553 stations

553 station records on 2 April 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	263.7 mm (10.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Garah (Bengerang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
San Mateo	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	247.4 mm (9.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	257.3 mm (10.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	251.5 mm (9.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yacamunda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oban Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gumlu Days Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rookwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Raywood Flats	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	233.2 mm (9.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Willawillingbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	267.7 mm (10.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Conway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	275.1 mm (10.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Represa	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont Pumping Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	273.8 mm (10.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	222.5 mm (8.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adaven	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Abor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dingwall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saugus Pwr Plt 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dunsmuir	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Modesto AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gindie State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Porterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adaven	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blair Athol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Duchess Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

553 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 308, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 2 April 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	308
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 2 April 1958 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 526.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

468 broken records

Margins by which the 468 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1958

Top 20 records on 2 April 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1958	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1958	Mirani Post Office, AU	monthly rain	263.7 mm (10.4 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	17 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1958	Nebo, AU	monthly rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1958	Garah (Bengerang), AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1958	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1958	San Mateo, US	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1958	Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	247.4 mm (9.7 in)	190.2 mm (7.5 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1958	Te Kowai Exp STN, AU	daily rain	257.3 mm (10.1 in)	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1958	Walkerston, AU	daily rain	251.5 mm (9.9 in)	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1958	Berkeley, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1958	Yacamunda Station, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1958	Proserpine Post Office, AU	daily rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1958	Oban Station, AU	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1958	Gumlu Days Road, AU	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1958	Rookwood, AU	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1958	Lodi, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1958	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1958	Raywood Flats, US	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	123.1 mm (4.8 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1958	Pleystowe Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	233.2 mm (9.2 in)	216.2 mm (8.5 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1958	Oakland, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	47 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1958. 1958 had 553 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 1958-04-02: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	432
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1