Weather Records on 2 April 1963

1,391 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1963. Highest significance: Shirala, IN.

Key Facts for 2 April 1963

On 2 April 1963, 1,391 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
935 were record highs and 164 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,356 daily.
Shirala set a daily record precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 2 April 1963.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

1,391 stations

1,391 station records on 2 April 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mine Centre	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tangorin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paracuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Temiscamingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mamanguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greatfish-Point Vrt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Drake	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boa Viagem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canguaretama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Joao Pessoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.6 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hamiota	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Washburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Areia (Ufpb)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Van Staadens (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Antonio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Loerie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,391 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 524, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 411, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 244, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 2 April 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	524
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	411
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 2 April 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 35, daily 1,356.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,150 broken records

Margins by which the 1,150 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 1963

Top 20 records on 2 April 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1963	Shirala, IN	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1963	Fort Frances, CA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1963	Mine Centre, CA	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1963	Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1963	Towner 2 NE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1963	Tangorin, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1963	Paracuru, BR	daily rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1963	Rock Rapids, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1963	Birtle, CA	daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1963	Barrage Temiscamingue, CA	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1963	Mamanguape, BR	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1963	Madison Wb City, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1963	Intl Falls Intl AP, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1963	Greatfish-Point Vrt, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1963	Sibley, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1963	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1963	Long Prairie, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1963	Drake, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1963	Camp Crook, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1963	Fairmont, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	57 years	40 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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1963. 1963 had 1,391 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 1963-04-02: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	1,088
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1