Weather Records on 3 April 2016

637 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 2016. Highest significance: Nadi Airport, FJ.

Key Facts for 3 April 2016

On 3 April 2016, 637 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
405 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 623 daily.
Nadi Airport set a daily record precipitation of 137.1 mm (5.4 in) on 3 April 2016.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

637 stations

637 station records on 3 April 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nadi Airport	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	137.1 mm (5.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brockport	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dobuilevu	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rarawai	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chemung	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ware	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Lcd	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Southbridge 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Range	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nacocolevu	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
W Thompson Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Northbridge 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chemung	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffumville Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koror	Palau	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
N Foster 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woonsocket	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Labasa Airport	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yasawa-I-Rara	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cayuga Lock #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Terra Alta #1	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arkville 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halfway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford 4SW Rsch 5	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

637 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 151, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 254, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 56, Heaviest daily snowfall 98, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 3 April 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	151
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	254
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	56
Heaviest daily snowfall	98
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 3 April 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 623.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

509 broken records

Margins by which the 509 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 193.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 2016

Top 20 records on 3 April 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 2016	Nadi Airport, FJ	daily rain	137.1 mm (5.4 in)	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2016	Brockport, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	115 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2016	Dobuilevu, FJ	daily rain	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	114.7 mm (4.5 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2016	Allegany Sp, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	89 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2016	Brockport, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	105 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2016	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	115 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2016	Brockton, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	120 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2016	Rarawai, FJ	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2016	Chemung, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2016	Innsbruck, AT	daily high min	11.5 C (52.7 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	129 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2016	Ware, US	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2016	Newburyport, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	122 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2016	Auburn, US	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	115 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2016	Corning, US	daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2016	Blue Hill Lcd, US	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2016	Tower 2S, US	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	117 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2016	Tanana AP, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2016	Southbridge 3 SW, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	89 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2016	Grass Range, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2016	Syracuse Hancock Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	24 years	43 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2016. 2016 had 637 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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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 25	428
25 to 50	41
50 to 75	18
75 to 100	14
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1