Weather Records on 2 April 2010

1,394 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 2010. Highest significance: Quilcene 2 SW, US.

Key Facts for 2 April 2010

On 2 April 2010, 1,394 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
934 were record highs and 182 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 1,344 daily.
Quilcene 2 SW set a daily record precipitation of 58.7 mm (2.3 in) on 2 April 2010.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

1,394 stations

1,394 station records on 2 April 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Wollogorang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	263.3 mm (10.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Moffit 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Carson	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Westmoreland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	338.6 mm (13.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	230.0 mm (9.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Weston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pretty Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.6 cm (15.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nogliki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fessenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Anthony	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Portage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Clusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Faith	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yerilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wilton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boyup Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belknap Springs 8 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca S Rsch & Outreach Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,394 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 641, Lowest daily maximum 101, Highest daily minimum 293, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 203, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 2 April 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	641
Lowest daily maximum	101
Highest daily minimum	293
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 2 April 2010 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 46, daily 1,344.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,109 broken records

Margins by which the 1,109 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 2010

Top 20 records on 2 April 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 2010	Quilcene 2 SW, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2010	Wollogorang, AU	monthly rain	263.3 mm (10.4 in)	179.5 mm (7.1 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2010	Moffit 3 SE, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2010	Lemmon, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2010	Carson, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2010	Westmoreland Station, AU	monthly rain	338.6 mm (13.3 in)	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2010	Burketown Post Office, AU	monthly rain	230.0 mm (9.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2010	Weston 1 E, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2010	Wolf Creek, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2010	Priest Valley, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2010	Pretty Rock, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2010	Bergland Dam, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2010	Bison, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2010	Lead, US	daily snowfall	39.6 cm (15.6 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2010	Nogliki, RU	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2010	Lead, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2010	Tetonia Exp STN, US	monthly snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2010	Fessenden, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	79 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2010	Postville, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	107 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2010	Falls City 2 SSW, US	monthly low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	82 years	46 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2010. 2010 had 1,394 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 2010-04-02: 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 50	1,074
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1