Weather Records on 2 April 1994

492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 1994. Highest significance: Sovetsk, LT.

Key Facts for 2 April 1994

On 2 April 1994, 492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
235 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 485 daily.
Sovetsk set a daily record precipitation of 25.7 mm (1.0 in) on 2 April 1994.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

492 stations

492 station records on 2 April 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sovetsk	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Laranja Doce	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Poprad/Tatry	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oravska Lesna	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walton	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kota Kinabalu Intl	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Big Moose 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leadville Lake Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Candor 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Monte Alegre (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Piller	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toliman	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toliman	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmouth Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Macabuzinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fishs Eddy	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galdinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rio da Cidade	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lagoa Grande (Mmv)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Puntilla	United States	Record snow depth	223.5 cm (88.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Broadalbin	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zacatlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Peti	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aldeia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tabuleiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cointzio	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Conklingville Dam	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barra de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tarbes - Ossun	France	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cerano	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bettles AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Massena Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton (Coalcliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carbonita	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Castelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chengshantou	China	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Espoey	France	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nieves	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kyra	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Linguere	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record low maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jendouba	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Hazel 2 NE Dam	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

492 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 136, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 2 April 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 2 April 1994 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 485.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

384 broken records

Margins by which the 384 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 736.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 1994

Top 20 records on 2 April 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 1994	Sovetsk, LT	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1994	Usina Laranja Doce, BR	daily rain	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1994	Elk, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1994	Poprad/Tatry, SK	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1994	Oravska Lesna, SK	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1994	Walton, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1994	Kota Kinabalu Intl, MY	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1994	Big Moose 3 SE, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1994	Plattsburgh AFB, US	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	87 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1994	Leadville Lake Co AP, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1994	Candor 2SE, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1994	Fazenda Monte Alegre (Dnos), BR	monthly rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1994	Piller, BR	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1994	Toliman, MX	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	67 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1994	Toliman, MX	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1994	Lexington, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	87 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 1994	Dartmouth Reservoir, AU	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	64 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1994	Macabuzinho, BR	daily rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1994	Agartala, IN	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	79 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 April 1994	Fishs Eddy, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1994. 1994 had 492 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	371
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1