Weather Records on 3 April 1983

832 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1983. Highest significance: Yudnapinna, AU.

Key Facts for 3 April 1983

On 3 April 1983, 832 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
142 were record highs and 208 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 791 daily.
Yudnapinna set a monthly record daily precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 3 April 1983.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

832 stations

832 station records on 3 April 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bruce	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Diversion Dam	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Idalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ennis	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Carpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Yalpara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Konstanz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.4 cm (15.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montebello 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman 12 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Luray 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Mount Serle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rudall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Pineview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Big Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pedlar Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vestmannaeyjar	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Copper Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Floyd 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Gallatin Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Margaret River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gulnare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Komsomolsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Double Four Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lander AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

832 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 368, Heaviest daily snowfall 81, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 3 April 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	368
Heaviest daily snowfall	81
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 3 April 1983 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 37, daily 791.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

702 broken records

Margins by which the 702 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 274.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1983

Top 20 records on 3 April 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1983	Yudnapinna, AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	87 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 April 1983	Bruce, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	81 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1983	Diversion Dam, US	monthly snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1983	Idalia, US	monthly rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1983	Ennis, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1983	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1983	Carpa, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1983	Orroroo (Yalpara), AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1983	Mundo Novo, BR	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1983	Konstanz, DE	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1983	Ennis, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1983	Manhattan, US	all-time snowfall	38.4 cm (15.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1983	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1983	Mt Hope, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	81 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1983	Osage City, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	83 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1983	Charlottesville 2W, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1983	Montebello 3 NE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1983	Bozeman 12 NE, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1983	Luray 5 E, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1983	Pavillion, US	monthly snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	61 years	49 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1983. 1983 had 832 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-03 in each year
Year	Records
1815	3
1830	1
1838	1
1848	1
1849	1
1850	1
1862	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	4
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	4
1880	2
1881	5
1882	1
1883	3
1884	1
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	2
1898	3
1899	6
1900	12
1901	15
1902	2
1903	14
1904	2
1905	20
1906	9
1907	8
1908	14
1909	17
1910	25
1911	26
1912	19
1913	41
1914	28
1915	47
1916	159
1917	48
1918	20
1919	29
1920	60
1921	108
1922	24
1923	80
1924	207
1925	94
1926	205
1927	85
1928	378
1929	582
1930	148
1931	224
1932	308
1933	269
1934	732
1935	464
1936	1,264
1937	308
1938	216
1939	325
1940	500
1941	308
1942	334
1943	478
1944	760
1945	1,032
1946	683
1947	421
1948	313
1949	354
1950	713
1951	487
1952	243
1953	290
1954	1,051
1955	472
1956	842
1957	660
1958	591
1959	537
1960	506
1961	665
1962	353
1963	1,010
1964	615
1965	561
1966	437
1967	439
1968	446
1969	345
1970	572
1971	590
1972	732
1973	417
1974	877
1975	2,015
1976	340
1977	898
1978	498
1979	997
1980	713
1981	1,264
1982	1,183
1983	832
1984	1,046
1985	804
1986	634
1987	1,577
1988	975
1989	951
1990	1,018
1991	719
1992	1,974
1993	812
1994	574
1995	675
1996	736
1997	1,155
1998	1,051
1999	1,486
2000	1,167
2001	890
2002	1,190
2003	971
2004	840
2005	1,138
2006	776
2007	874
2008	935
2009	1,008
2010	1,325
2011	1,491
2012	1,027
2013	847
2014	796
2015	528
2016	637
2017	570
2018	1,085
2019	535
2020	916
2021	1,250
2022	721
2023	1,289
2024	1,027
2025	1,476
2026	725

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Data for records on 1983-04-03: 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	661
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	2