Weather Records on 2 April 1977

669 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1977. Highest significance: Ponte de Itabapoana, BR.

Key Facts for 2 April 1977

On 2 April 1977, 669 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
145 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 636 daily.
Ponte de Itabapoana set an all-time record daily precipitation of 211.5 mm (8.3 in) on 2 April 1977.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

669 stations

669 station records on 2 April 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ponte de Itabapoana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	211.5 mm (8.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Porciuncula	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	152.8 mm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lahaina 361	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
McGrath AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Guacui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rive	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Long Is 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Itaperuna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Andarai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Suassurana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Galeana (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Alta 1	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jaicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ipanema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paranapiacaba (Alto da Serra)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Catole	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Irece	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lagoa Clara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Castelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Campo Grande (Augusto Severo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Lac Victoria	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Irmaos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dois Rios	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Angicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

669 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 335, Heaviest daily snowfall 53, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 2 April 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	335
Heaviest daily snowfall	53
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 2 April 1977 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 30, daily 636.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

556 broken records

Margins by which the 556 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 209.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1977

Top 20 records on 2 April 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1977	Ponte de Itabapoana, BR	all-time rain	211.5 mm (8.3 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	18 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1977	Central City, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1977	Porciuncula, BR	all-time rain	152.8 mm (6.0 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1977	Lahaina 361, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1977	Alexandria, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1977	Loup City, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1977	McGrath AP, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	20.9 cm (8.2 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1977	Guacui, BR	monthly rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1977	Rive, BR	all-time rain	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1977	St Thomas, CA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1977	Carlisle, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	101 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1977	Wisconsin Rapids, US	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1977	Long Is 1N, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1977	Black Rock, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1977	Sac City, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1977	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1977	Rangely 1E, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1977	Tekamah, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1977	Morgantown Muni AP, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	101 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1977	Itaperuna, BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	44 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1977. 1977 had 669 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 1977-04-02: 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	524
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1