Weather Records on 3 April 1946

683 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1946. Highest significance: Machadodorp, ZA.

Key Facts for 3 April 1946

On 3 April 1946, 683 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
474 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 666 daily.
Machadodorp set a daily record precipitation of 57.4 mm (2.3 in) on 3 April 1946.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

683 stations

683 station records on 3 April 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tustervatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hirekerur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	52.3 cm (20.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hilland 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beiarn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dumont 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sampagaon-Bailh	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dumont 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saundatti	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Memphis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brevard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Murdo	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

683 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 256, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 218, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 136, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 3 April 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	256
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	218
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 3 April 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 666.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

579 broken records

Margins by which the 579 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 193.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1946

Top 20 records on 3 April 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1946	Machadodorp, ZA	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1946	Tustervatnet, NO	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1946	Kapskarmo, NO	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1946	Faulkton, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1946	Oxford, GB	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	97 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1946	Hirekerur, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1946	Miller, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1946	Fullerton 1 ESE, US	all-time snowfall	52.3 cm (20.6 in)	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1946	Hilland 2 NW, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1946	Kakabeka Falls, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1946	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	77 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1946	Mayville, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	49 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1946	Beiarn, NO	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1946	Cottonwood 2 E, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1946	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1946	Orebro, SE	daily high max	18.5 C (65.3 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	59 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1946	Beardsley, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1946	Dumont 2 ENE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1946	Faulkton, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1946	Faulkton, US	monthly snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 years	32 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1946. 1946 had 683 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 25	548
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	5
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1