Weather Records on 2 April 1960

414 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1960. Highest significance: Paramakudi, IN.

Key Facts for 2 April 1960

On 2 April 1960, 414 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 400 daily.
Paramakudi set a daily record precipitation of 96.0 mm (3.8 in) on 2 April 1960.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

414 stations

414 station records on 2 April 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paramakudi	India	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Thalipilly	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aruppukottai	India	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kamuthi	India	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Simao Dias (Anapolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
York	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Long Beach Pub Svc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

414 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 186, Heaviest daily snowfall 71, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 2 April 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	186
Heaviest daily snowfall	71
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 2 April 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 400.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

349 broken records

Margins by which the 349 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1960

Top 20 records on 2 April 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1960	Paramakudi, IN	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1960	Blakely, US	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1960	Thalipilly, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1960	Fitzgerald, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1960	Bay Saint Louis, US	daily rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1960	Schreiber, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1960	Pipestone, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1960	Penedo, BR	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1960	Monticello 5 SE, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1960	Canby, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1960	Hallock, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1960	Norfolk, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1960	Inwood 2 SW, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1960	Hartington, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1960	Reserve, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1960	Cameron Falls, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1960	Chinnar, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1960	Aruppukottai, IN	monthly rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1960	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1960	Campbell, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	42 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1960. 1960 had 414 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 1960-04-02: 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 20	258
20 to 40	52
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	17
80 to 100	7
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	3
140 to 160	1