Weather Records on 2 April 2001

810 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 2001. Highest significance: Rutland, US.

Key Facts for 2 April 2001

On 2 April 2001, 810 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
431 were record highs and 202 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 775 daily.
Rutland set a daily record snow depth of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 2 April 2001.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

810 stations

810 station records on 2 April 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rutland	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cornwall	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Lake	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vichy Rolla Natl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hart Mtn Refuge	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow	United States	Record snow depth	137.2 cm (54.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Dam	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kanab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weare	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Peru	United States	Record snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alcan Minesite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rangeley	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sullivan	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Carrizal	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hanksville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel Tlaixpan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

810 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 230, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 201, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 72, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 68.

Records on 2 April 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	230
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	201
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	72
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	68

Records on 2 April 2001 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 32, daily 775.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

579 broken records

Margins by which the 579 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 737.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 2001

Top 20 records on 2 April 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 2001	Rutland, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	62 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2001	Cornwall, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2001	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2001	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	monthly low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2001	Lewiston, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2001	Hooker 12 NNW, US	daily snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	2 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2001	Burlington Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2001	Black Rock, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2001	Sonnblick, AT	daily high max	4.8 C (40.6 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2001	Snowflake, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	99 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2001	Tully Lake, US	monthly snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2001	Oak Hill, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2001	Elizabethtown, US	monthly snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2001	Valley Falls, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2001	Flagstaff AP, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	75 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2001	Chazy, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2001	Lakeport 2, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2001	Hanover, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2001	Farmville, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2001	Kotzebue AP, US	monthly snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	65 years	42 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2001. 2001 had 810 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 2001-04-02: 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 100	546
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	5
400 to 500	6
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1