Weather Records on 2 April 1961

701 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1961. Highest significance: Innis Plain, AU.

Key Facts for 2 April 1961

On 2 April 1961, 701 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
289 were record highs and 206 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 685 daily.
Innis Plain set a daily record precipitation of 67.8 mm (2.7 in) on 2 April 1961.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

701 stations

701 station records on 2 April 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Innis Plain	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Akalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Garhwa	India	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
The Forks	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Davangire	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Luiz Correia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waikapu 390	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Adoni	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corry	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville FAA AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Christmas Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Polson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corry	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pavillion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Malmo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ernest Junction Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

701 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 66, Highest daily minimum 208, Lowest daily minimum 140, Heaviest daily rainfall 142, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 2 April 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	66
Highest daily minimum	208
Lowest daily minimum	140
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 2 April 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 685.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

531 broken records

Margins by which the 531 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 183.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1961

Top 20 records on 2 April 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1961	Innis Plain, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1961	Satna, IN	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1961	Siruguppa, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1961	Akalkot, IN	monthly rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1961	Garhwa, IN	monthly rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1961	Brassua Dam, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1961	The Forks, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1961	Listowel, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	74 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1961	Davangire, IN	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1961	Luiz Correia, BR	all-time rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1961	Greenville Wtp, US	monthly low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1961	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	79 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1961	Darlington, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1961	Squa Pan Dam, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1961	Weston, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1961	Houlton, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1961	Chatham Exp Fa, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1961	Pleasant Valley, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	51 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1961	Berlin, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1961	Brackettville, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	30 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1961. 1961 had 701 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 1961-04-02: 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 25	499
25 to 50	21
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1