Weather Records on 3 April 1950

713 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1950. Highest significance: Tullaroop Reservoir, AU.

Key Facts for 3 April 1950

On 3 April 1950, 713 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
147 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 678 daily.
Tullaroop Reservoir set a daily record precipitation of 54.9 mm (2.2 in) on 3 April 1950.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

713 stations

713 station records on 3 April 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Steam Plains 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ruthven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Terrick Terrick Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burrundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Penrith Ladbury Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weilmoringle (Caringle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Wingadee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Balook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uliman (Brentwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yass (Linton Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wunnamurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lissington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwelton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

713 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 470, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 3 April 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	470
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 3 April 1950 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 33, daily 678.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

631 broken records

Margins by which the 631 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1950

Top 20 records on 3 April 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1950	Tullaroop Reservoir, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1950	Nymagee (Kenmure Station), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1950	Steam Plains 2, AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1950	Tsumeb - Pol, NA	monthly rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1950	Walhalla, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1950	Charlotte Plains, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1950	Wingen (Murrulla), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1950	Anna 4 N, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1950	Shawneetown Old Town, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1950	Henderson 8 SSW, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1950	Winterset 4N, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1950	Indianola 1SW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1950	Independence, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1950	St John Bethlehem Aca, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1950	Snoqualmie Pass, US	monthly snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1950	Cairo River, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1950	Scottsburg, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1950	Beaver Dam, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1950	Milroy, AU	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1950	Manildra (Hazeldale), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	60 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1950. 1950 had 713 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 1950-04-03: 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 50	583
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1