Weather Records on 3 April 1939

325 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1939. Highest significance: Weetaliba (Weetalabah), AU.

Key Facts for 3 April 1939

On 3 April 1939, 325 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
167 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 316 daily.
Weetaliba (Weetalabah) set a daily record precipitation of 67.3 mm (2.6 in) on 3 April 1939.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

325 stations

325 station records on 3 April 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coolah (Binnia St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cubbaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rockley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lissadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Tenandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Goangra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kynnersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Penryn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah (Gaspard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nandoura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cranbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Morris	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tonderburine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grover 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Burndoo Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

325 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 134, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 April 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 April 1939 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 316.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

257 broken records

Margins by which the 257 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1939

Top 20 records on 3 April 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1939	Weetaliba (Weetalabah), AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1939	Wyndham Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1939	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1939	Orange (McLaughlin St), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1939	Enosburg Falls, US	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1939	Hill End Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1939	Coolah (Binnia St), AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1939	Cowles, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1939	Brome, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1939	Kualapuu 534, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1939	Makaweli 965, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1939	Cubbaroo, AU	all-time rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	5 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1939	Rockley Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1939	Bobundara, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1939	Lissadell, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1939	Mount Tenandra, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1939	Walgett (Goangra), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1939	Kohala 179.1, US	monthly high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1939	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1939	Elatma, RU	daily low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	43 years	24 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1939. 1939 had 325 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	222
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1