Weather Records on 2 April 1983

890 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1983. Highest significance: Fairfield, US.

Key Facts for 2 April 1983

On 2 April 1983, 890 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
166 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 869 daily.
Fairfield set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 2 April 1983.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

890 stations

890 station records on 2 April 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Edina	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clarens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Donnellson	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Keithsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miyako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record snow depth	619.8 cm (244.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coloma	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lagunillas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home C of Eng	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tekax de Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waukegan	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sweet Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

890 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 588, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 2 April 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	588
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 2 April 1983 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 869.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

815 broken records

Margins by which the 815 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1983

Top 20 records on 2 April 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1983	Fairfield, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	70 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1983	Davenport L&D 15, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1983	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	85 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1983	Galesburg, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1983	Clinton 2, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1983	Aledo, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1983	Keosauqua, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1983	Clinton, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1983	La Harpe, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1983	Mt Carroll, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1983	Concordia, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1983	Galva, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1983	Iowa City, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1983	Edina, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1983	Knoxville, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1983	Hannibal Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1983	Shelbina, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1983	Grand Falls, CA	monthly rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1983	Havana, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1983	Columbus Junction, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	49 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1983. 1983 had 890 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1983-04-02: 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	699
20 to 40	86
40 to 60	27
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1