Weather Records on 3 April 2023

1,289 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 2023. Highest significance: Mackay Lost Rvr Rs, US.

Key Facts for 3 April 2023

On 3 April 2023, 1,289 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
187 were record highs and 637 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 176 monthly and 1,111 daily.
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs set a daily record snow depth of 76.2 cm (30.0 in) on 3 April 2023.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

1,289 stations

1,289 station records on 3 April 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Sisseton	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Sugar City	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Xinyang	China	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wheaton	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Virginia City	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Carrington 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Woodruff	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mukinbudin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Puhi 1013	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Messina	Italy	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moroni	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maybell	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Weber Basin Pump Plt 3	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Afton	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Anyang	China	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zhengzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lee Vining	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Luck	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Casper-Natrona Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	67.8 cm (26.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Udialla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yuncheng	China	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lansdowne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside - Lund 31S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moroni	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boxian	China	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weber Basin Pump Plt 3	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,289 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 386, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 251, Heaviest daily rainfall 218, Heaviest daily snowfall 71, Deepest snow cover 176.

Records on 3 April 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	386
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	251
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	71
Deepest snow cover	176

Records on 3 April 2023 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 176, daily 1,111.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

995 broken records

Margins by which the 995 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1118.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 2023

Top 20 records on 3 April 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 2023	Mackay Lost Rvr Rs, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	105 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 April 2023	Ruby Lake Nwr, US	monthly snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	59 years	75 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2023	Sisseton, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2023	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	74 years	72 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2023	Sugar City, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	105 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2023	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	18.1 cm (7.1 in)	77 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2023	Faulkton, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2023	Xinyang, CN	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2023	Wheaton, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2023	Virginia City, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	65 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2023	Wamsutter, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	92 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2023	Carrington 4 N, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2023	Britton, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	70 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2023	Woodruff, US	monthly snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	0 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2023	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2023	Mukinbudin, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2023	Puhi 1013, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2023	Deseret, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	121 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2023	Manoa 712.1, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2023	Messina, IT	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	55 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2023. 2023 had 1,289 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 200	965
200 to 400	23
400 to 600	5
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1