Weather Records on 2 April 1984

1,021 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1984. Highest significance: Sidney 1SSE, US.

Key Facts for 2 April 1984

On 2 April 1984, 1,021 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 286 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 122 monthly and 896 daily.
Sidney 1SSE set a daily record precipitation of 38.9 mm (1.5 in) on 2 April 1984.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

1,021 stations

1,021 station records on 2 April 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wymore	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Heidenrod-Mappershain	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collyer 10 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kall-Sistig	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Garden City Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsonville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roetgen	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Claflin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Damar	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stockville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albin	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Creek Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nephi	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palco	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nurburg	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney 16N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anselmo 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,021 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 177, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 109, Heaviest daily rainfall 388, Heaviest daily snowfall 109, Deepest snow cover 152.

Records on 2 April 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	177
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	109
Heaviest daily rainfall	388
Heaviest daily snowfall	109
Deepest snow cover	152

Records on 2 April 1984 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 122, daily 896.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

847 broken records

Margins by which the 847 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 304.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1984

Top 20 records on 2 April 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1984	Sidney 1SSE, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	86 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1984	Dresden, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1984	Wakeeney, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1984	Geneva, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1984	Ravenna, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	90 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1984	Wilsonville, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1984	Ellis, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1984	Red Oak, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1984	Lebanon, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1984	Eustis 2 NW, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1984	Ogallala, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1984	Crete 4ESE, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1984	Wymore, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1984	Heidenrod-Mappershain, DE	monthly snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1984	Collyer 10 S, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1984	Weeping Water, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1984	Kall-Sistig, DE	monthly snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1984	Garden City Exp STN, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1984	Alliance 1WNW, US	monthly snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1984	Holly, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	89 years	47 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1984. 1984 had 1,021 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	737
50 to 100	74
100 to 150	23
150 to 200	10
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1