Weather Records on 3 April 1934

732 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1934. Highest significance: Elliston, AU.

Key Facts for 3 April 1934

On 3 April 1934, 732 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
454 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 697 daily.
Elliston set a monthly record daily precipitation of 51.6 mm (2.0 in) on 3 April 1934.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

732 stations

732 station records on 3 April 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dergholm (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Johanna Glen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown (Rivernook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Poolaijelo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boodarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gellibrand River East (Lovat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Conmurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Condah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berrybank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Barwon Heads (Jirrahlinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Edenhope (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waurn Ponds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Worthington	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winchelsea (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

732 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 270, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 184, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 April 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	270
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	184
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 April 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 35, daily 697.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

635 broken records

Margins by which the 635 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 148.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1934

Top 20 records on 3 April 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1934	Elliston, AU	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1934	Hamilton, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1934	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1934	Casterton (Warrock), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1934	Macarthur (Glenhuntly), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1934	Balmoral (Post Office), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1934	Cavendish (Post Office), AU	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1934	Port Fairy Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1934	Escanaba, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1934	Linton Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1934	Wickliffe, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1934	Cobden (Post Office), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1934	Coleraine Hospital, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1934	Dergholm (Hillgrove), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1934	Johanna Glen, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1934	Princetown (Rivernook), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1934	Terang, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1934	Kolora (Wooriwyrite), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1934	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1934	Poolaijelo, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	49 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1934. 1934 had 732 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	585
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1