Weather Records on 2 April 1982

1,026 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1982. Highest significance: Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU.

Key Facts for 2 April 1982

On 2 April 1982, 1,026 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
388 were record highs and 238 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 973 daily.
Mossman South Alchera Drive set a daily record precipitation of 164.0 mm (6.5 in) on 2 April 1982.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

1,026 stations

1,026 station records on 2 April 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Little Rock AP Adams Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific House	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Millaa Millaa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.1 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Foresthill Rs	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Itariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	125.3 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chimacum 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Edah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barron Upper 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burney	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kirrama Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Enshi	China	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Evangelista de Souza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	130.9 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Janesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yungaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun City	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seneca	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Keno	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Itumirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salt Springs Pwr House	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Dam Fc425B-E	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coffeeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nitta Yuma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calmar	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pit Rvr Ph 5	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portola	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peeramon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,026 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 206, Lowest daily maximum 161, Highest daily minimum 182, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 280, Heaviest daily snowfall 74, Deepest snow cover 46.

Records on 2 April 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	206
Lowest daily maximum	161
Highest daily minimum	182
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	280
Heaviest daily snowfall	74
Deepest snow cover	46

Records on 2 April 1982 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 50, daily 973.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

794 broken records

Margins by which the 794 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 711.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1982

Top 20 records on 2 April 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1982	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1982	Ravenshoe Kuradilla Street, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1982	Little Rock AP Adams Fld, US	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1982	Mtn Dell Dam, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1982	Vine Creek, AU	daily rain	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1982	Iowa Hill, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1982	Quincy, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1982	Pacific House, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1982	Brodhead Wwtp, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1982	Millaa Millaa Post Office, AU	daily rain	161.1 mm (6.3 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1982	Malvern, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1982	Foresthill Rs, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1982	Oconomowoc Wwtp, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1982	Itariri, BR	daily rain	125.3 mm (4.9 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1982	Chimacum 4 S, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1982	Edah, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1982	Barron Upper 1, AU	daily rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	94.1 mm (3.7 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1982	Burney, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1982	Valparaiso, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	82 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1982	Kirrama Station, AU	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	60 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1982. 1982 had 1,026 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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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 100	775
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1