Weather Records on 3 April 1948

313 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1948. Highest significance: Bhavani, IN.

Key Facts for 3 April 1948

On 3 April 1948, 313 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 301 daily.
Bhavani set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 3 April 1948.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

313 stations

313 station records on 3 April 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Thadikarekonam	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kulithalai	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sion	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seetapal	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wastina Hemaruka	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koolpinyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Musiri	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook Cove	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Scott Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Palayankottai	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kalama 5 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Arm	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Erode	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Healdsburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moorna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wastina Hemaruka	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scott Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingoonya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khibiny	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Summerland Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vavenby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

313 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 117, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 3 April 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	117
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 3 April 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 301.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

255 broken records

Margins by which the 255 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1948

Top 20 records on 3 April 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1948	Bhavani, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1948	Avalon Pleasure Pier, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1948	Thadikarekonam, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1948	Saint Ignatius, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1948	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1948	Kulithalai, IN	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1948	Waseca, CA	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1948	Sion, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1948	Seetapal, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1948	Wastina Hemaruka, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1948	Koolpinyah, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1948	Musiri, IN	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1948	Ft Lauderdale, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1948	Burrundie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1948	Sandvig, DK	daily high min	4.2 C (39.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	73 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1948	Las Animas, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	41 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1948	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	2 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1948	St. Petersburg, RU	daily high min	4.1 C (39.4 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	53 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1948	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily high max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1948	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily high min	2.7 C (36.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	52 years	25 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1948. 1948 had 313 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	245
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1