Weather Records on 3 April 2006

776 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 2006. Highest significance: Big Creek Ph 1, US.

Key Facts for 3 April 2006

On 3 April 2006, 776 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
462 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 749 daily.
Big Creek Ph 1 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 110.2 mm (4.3 in) on 3 April 2006.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

776 stations

776 station records on 3 April 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Public AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boyne Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pali Golf Course 788.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clearlake 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Twitchell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corcoran Irrig Dist	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Is L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manuel Avila Camacho	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Flat Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Round Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Canyon Nyack AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gilman	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ingenio Tamazula	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Pardee	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
W Allis	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosalia (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pirlangimpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shirbourne Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.8 mm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burney	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zhumadian	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sonoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hueyotlipan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hayfork 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

776 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 293, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 242, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 3 April 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	293
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	242
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 3 April 2006 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 25, daily 749.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

592 broken records

Margins by which the 592 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 2006

Top 20 records on 3 April 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 2006	Big Creek Ph 1, US	monthly rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	73 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2006	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2006	Montague 4 NW, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2006	Santa Barbara Muni AP, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2006	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2006	De Sabla, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	69 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2006	Volta Ph, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2006	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	104 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2006	Santa Maria Public AP, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2006	Boyne Falls, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2006	Hesperia 4 WNW, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2006	Pali Golf Course 788.1, US	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2006	Clearlake 4 SE, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2006	Twitchell Dam, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2006	Carthage, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	111 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2006	Chester, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2006	Corcoran Irrig Dist, US	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2006	Rock Is L&D 15, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2006	Manuel Avila Camacho, MX	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2006	Santa Cruz, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	76 years	42 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2006. 2006 had 776 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 2006-04-03: 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 20	558
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1