Weather Records on 3 April 1923

80 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1923. Highest significance: Daly Waters, AU.

Key Facts for 3 April 1923

On 3 April 1923, 80 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 77 daily.
Daly Waters set a monthly record daily precipitation of 137.2 mm (5.4 in) on 3 April 1923.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

80 stations

80 station records on 3 April 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

80 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 49, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 3 April 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	49
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 3 April 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 77.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

72 broken records

Margins by which the 72 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1923

Top 20 records on 3 April 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1923	Daly Waters, AU	monthly rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1923	Quebec, CA	daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1923	Laghouat, DZ	monthly rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1923	Green Bay, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.9 cm (5.9 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1923	Clontarf, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1923	Haliburton A, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1923	Rutherglen, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1923	Quebec, CA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1923	Chicoutimi, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1923	Prairie du Chien, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1923	Portage Wwtp, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1923	Mt Hope, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1923	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1923	Fulton, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1923	Portland, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	0 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1923	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1923	Green Bay, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1923	Brandon Cda, CA	monthly low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1923	Renfrew, CA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1923	La Crosse River, US	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	32 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1923. 1923 had 80 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 20	58
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	3