Weather Records on 2 April 2021

1,164 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 April 2021. Highest significance: Naze, JP.

Key Facts for 2 April 2021

On 2 April 2021, 1,164 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
565 were record highs and 555 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 1,153 daily.
Naze set a daily record precipitation of 114.0 mm (4.5 in) on 2 April 2021.
Across 152 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

1,164 stations

1,164 station records on 2 April 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 April 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Naze	Japan	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums Res.STN.	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg Benedum AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Sanford AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Niceville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,164 records

Records set or tied on 2 April 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 277, Lowest daily maximum 283, Highest daily minimum 288, Lowest daily minimum 272, Heaviest daily rainfall 29, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 2 April 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	277
Lowest daily maximum	283
Highest daily minimum	288
Lowest daily minimum	272
Heaviest daily rainfall	29
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 2 April 2021 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 1,153.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

916 broken records

Margins by which the 916 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 April 2021

Top 20 records on 2 April 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 April 2021	Naze, JP	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2021	Monterey, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	115 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2021	Greenville Muni AP, US	daily low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2021	Crossville Ed & Rsch STN, US	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	106 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2021	Saltville 1N, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2021	Salmon Gums Res.STN., AU	monthly high max	39.5 C (103.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2021	Szombathely, HU	daily high min	10.2 C (50.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2021	Eastman 1 W, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2021	Paris Stp, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	121 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2021	Ashland, US	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	121 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2021	Solomons, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2021	Cooperstown, US	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	110 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2021	Belhaven 1 SE, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2021	Lenoir, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	119 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2021	Urbana Wrf, US	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	119 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2021	Warren 3 S, US	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	119 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2021	Kane 1NNE, US	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	126 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2021	Lead, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2021	Tejon Rancho, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 April 2021	Lake City 2 E, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2021. 2021 had 1,164 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 2021-04-02: 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 10	905
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2