Weather Records on 3 April 1921

108 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1921. Highest significance: Pella, ZA.

Key Facts for 3 April 1921

On 3 April 1921, 108 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 105 daily.
Pella set a monthly record daily precipitation of 48.3 mm (1.9 in) on 3 April 1921.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

108 stations

108 station records on 3 April 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wollong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warwillah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Penshurst (Gresford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wargam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tinapagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pallal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cornalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston (Cowl Cowl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mossgiel (Moolbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Roto (Coombie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Burrabogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fairview Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Collerina (Corrella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

108 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 45, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 3 April 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	45
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 April 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 105.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

97 broken records

Margins by which the 97 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1921

Top 20 records on 3 April 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1921	Pella, ZA	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1921	Wollong, AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1921	Warwillah, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1921	Penshurst (Gresford), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1921	Wargam, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1921	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	6.6 C (43.9 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	72 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1921	Sussex, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1921	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1921	Tinapagee, AU	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1921	Carrathool (Uardry), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1921	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1921	Fort National, DZ	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1921	Orebro, SE	daily high min	6.8 C (44.2 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1921	Tunis, TN	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	18 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1921	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1921	Steinkopf (Pol), ZA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1921	Groongal (Groongal Station), AU	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1921	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1921	Springbok, ZA	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1921	Carabost, AU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1921. 1921 had 108 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	78
10 to 20	10
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1