Weather Records on 3 April 1931

224 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1931. Highest significance: Winbar, AU.

Key Facts for 3 April 1931

On 3 April 1931, 224 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 216 daily.
Winbar set a monthly record daily precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 3 April 1931.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

224 stations

224 station records on 3 April 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winbar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Manuka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	135.0 cm (53.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chikhalda Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jamkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mannargudi	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kanowana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

224 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 115, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 3 April 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 3 April 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 216.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

191 broken records

Margins by which the 191 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 360.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1931

Top 20 records on 3 April 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1931	Winbar, AU	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1931	Newport, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1931	Cloncurry McIllwraith St, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1931	Faulkton, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1931	Nebo, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1931	Uman, UA	monthly low min	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	1 year	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1931	Biskra, DZ	daily high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	49 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1931	Uralla (Salisbury Court), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1931	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily low max	22.5 C (72.5 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1931	Cambridge St Hospital, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1931	Waverly, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1931	Salem, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1931	Agricultural College, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1931	Napoleon, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1931	Lancaster 2 NW, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1931	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1931	Simferopol, UA	monthly low min	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	18 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1931	Marengo, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1931	Miriam Vale, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1931	Minsk, BY	daily low min	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	30 years	22 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1931. 1931 had 224 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 50	188
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1