Weather Records on 2 April 2008

838 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 2008. Highest significance: Kislovodsk, RU.

Key Facts for 2 April 2008

On 2 April 2008, 838 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
471 were record highs and 232 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 786 daily.
Kislovodsk set a daily record precipitation of 30.8 mm (1.2 in) on 2 April 2008.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

838 stations

838 station records on 2 April 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Eucla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bridgewater	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral-Nye-Vody	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shadzhatmaz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Loei	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Concord ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kiefersfelden-Gach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Naples	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Herman	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Owyhee Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seneca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Villaldama	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chilly Barton Flat	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Sawan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wisdom	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Austin 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cascadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buynaksk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Council	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holden Village	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose Alburquerque	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Meadville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gadag	India	Record low minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Mesa Lake	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

838 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 300, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 171, Lowest daily minimum 176, Heaviest daily rainfall 92, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 38.

Records on 2 April 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	300
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	171
Lowest daily minimum	176
Heaviest daily rainfall	92
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	38

Records on 2 April 2008 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 45, daily 786.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

598 broken records

Margins by which the 598 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 2008

Top 20 records on 2 April 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 2008	Kislovodsk, RU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	117 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2008	Eucla, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2008	Bridgewater, US	daily snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2008	Mineral-Nye-Vody, RU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2008	Shadzhatmaz, RU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2008	Vladikavkaz, RU	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	117 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2008	Loei, TH	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2008	Concord ASOS, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2008	Prospect 2 SW, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2008	Montello 2NE, US	daily low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	91 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2008	Kiefersfelden-Gach, DE	daily rain	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2008	Naples, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2008	Herman, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2008	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, DE	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2008	Tetonia Exp STN, US	monthly low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2008	Drain, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2008	Owyhee Dam, US	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2008	Versailles, US	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2008	Troicko-Pecherskoe, RU	daily high min	1.9 C (35.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	118 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2008	Heron 2 NW, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	72 years	40 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2008. 2008 had 838 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 2008-04-02: 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	585
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1