Weather Records on 2 April 2013

706 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 2013. Highest significance: Breckenridge, US.

Key Facts for 2 April 2013

On 2 April 2013, 706 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
146 were record highs and 385 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 676 daily.
Breckenridge set a daily record precipitation of 69.9 mm (2.8 in) on 2 April 2013.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

706 stations

706 station records on 2 April 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Jeddo 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Concepcion	Paraguay	Record daily precipitation	254.5 mm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Strawn 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Bergstrom Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thompsons 3 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Irozaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barkakra	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wister 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bonneville Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Ahrweiler Neuenahr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kainaliu 73.2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Akjoujt	Mauritania	Record high maximum temperature	43.2 C (109.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton 4S Mesonet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Howard Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheb	Czech Republic	Record low maximum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harzgerode	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

706 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 153, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 232, Heaviest daily rainfall 111, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 53.

Records on 2 April 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	153
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	232
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	53

Records on 2 April 2013 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 676.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

565 broken records

Margins by which the 565 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 2013

Top 20 records on 2 April 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 2013	Breckenridge, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2013	Jeddo 3S, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 April 2013	Concepcion, PY	monthly rain	254.5 mm (10.0 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	11 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2013	Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2013	Lastovo, HR	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2013	Comanche, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	108 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2013	McAlester Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	108 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2013	Syracuse Hancock Intl AP, US	monthly snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2013	Putbus, DE	monthly low min	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	131 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2013	Fulton, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	112 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2013	Strawn 8 NNE, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2013	Darwin Airport, AU	daily rain	92.6 mm (3.6 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2013	Austin Bergstrom Intl AP, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2013	Karlshamn, SE	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2013	Weaverville, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2013	Lichtentanne, DE	daily low max	2.0 C (35.6 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	141 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2013	Pontiac, US	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2013	Grants Pass, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2013	Prospect 2 SW, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2013	Brocken, DE	daily low max	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	112 years	41 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2013. 2013 had 706 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2013-04-02: 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	512
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	7
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1