Weather Records on 2 April 1986

751 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1986. Highest significance: Evanston 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 2 April 1986

On 2 April 1986, 751 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
430 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 734 daily.
Evanston 1 E set a monthly record daily precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 2 April 1986.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

751 stations

751 station records on 2 April 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Green Mt Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kasempa	Zambia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kanosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Choma	Zambia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
UNIV of Utah	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salvatierra	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Camp Ave Exp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carazinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Sugar Factory	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salt Lake City Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Payson	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corinne	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oak City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prata	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manila	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nephi	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Indianapolis SE Side	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

751 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 233, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 197, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 239, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 2 April 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	233
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	197
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 2 April 1986 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 734.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

590 broken records

Margins by which the 590 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1986

Top 20 records on 2 April 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1986	Evanston 1 E, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1986	Mesa Verde Np, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 April 1986	Green Mt Dam, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1986	Kemmerer 2N, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1986	Kasempa, ZM	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1986	Kanosh, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1986	Pagosa Springs 1SE, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1986	Chama, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1986	Choma, ZM	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1986	Ft Ross, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1986	UNIV of Utah, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1986	Granville, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1986	Richmond, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1986	Tooele, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1986	Geary, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1986	Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1986	Salvatierra, MX	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1986	Presque Isle, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1986	Gloversville, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1986	Tucson Camp Ave Exp, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	89 years	39 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1986. 1986 had 751 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 1986-04-02: 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	552
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1