Weather Records on 3 April 2026

725 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 2026. Highest significance: Hart 3 WSW, US.

Key Facts for 3 April 2026

On 3 April 2026, 725 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
414 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 711 daily.
Hart 3 WSW set a daily record precipitation of 61.5 mm (2.4 in) on 3 April 2026.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

725 stations

725 station records on 3 April 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Busby	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Pendleton Branch Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pleasant Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Zearing	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shields	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tensleep 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Esperance Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dalyup Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Robinson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pretty Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wabash	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burgess Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burgess Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sucker Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zhezkazgan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Story	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Smith Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bismarck	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

725 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 347, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 206, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 3 April 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	347
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 3 April 2026 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 711.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

586 broken records

Margins by which the 586 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 2026

Top 20 records on 3 April 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 2026	Hart 3 WSW, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	103 years	75 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2026	Busby, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2026	Pendleton Branch Exp STN, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2026	Lemmon, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2026	Grayling, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2026	Sun Rvr 4 S, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2026	Pleasant Valley, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2026	Zearing, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	120 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2026	Gladwin, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	112 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2026	Detour Village, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	81 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2026	Busby, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2026	Great Falls 16St, US	daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	127 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2026	Shields, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2026	Calico Rock 2 WSW, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	108 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2026	Webster City, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	103 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2026	Cassville 1 NE, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	112 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2026	Tensleep 4NE, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2026	Esperance Aero, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2026	Dalyup Park, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2026	Robinson, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	120 years	45 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2026. 2026 had 725 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	571
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1