Weather Records on 3 April 1941

308 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1941. Highest significance: Atherton Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 3 April 1941

On 3 April 1941, 308 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 299 daily.
Atherton Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 90.2 mm (3.6 in) on 3 April 1941.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

308 stations

308 station records on 3 April 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.2 mm (8.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	398.8 mm (15.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tampa	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Olin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.7 C (9.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coomandook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moorlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Plains (Metala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Diapur (Bleak House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum (Sanderston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Sugor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penneshaw 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

308 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 203, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 3 April 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 3 April 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 299.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

275 broken records

Margins by which the 275 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 113.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1941

Top 20 records on 3 April 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1941	Atherton Post Office, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1941	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	daily rain	220.2 mm (8.7 in)	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1941	Tipton, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1941	Mount Coke (Bos), ZA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1941	Davenport L&D 15, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1941	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	398.8 mm (15.7 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1941	Mt Carroll, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1941	Cambridge, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1941	Dresden, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1941	Tampa, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1941	Galva, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1941	Norton 9SSE, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1941	Healdsburg, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1941	Independence, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1941	Olin, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1941	Galway, IE	monthly low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1941	Maquoketa, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1941	Bay Saint Louis, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1941	Halden, NO	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1941	Saint Leo, US	monthly rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	30 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1941. 1941 had 308 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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Data for records on 1941-04-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	241
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2