Weather Records on 3 April 1951

487 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1951. Highest significance: Farmington, US.

Key Facts for 3 April 1951

On 3 April 1951, 487 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
119 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 471 daily.
Farmington set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 3 April 1951.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

487 stations

487 station records on 3 April 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Beri(Berikhas)	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chenari	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record snow depth	102.0 cm (40.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bhogpur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gvarv	Norway	Record snow depth	72.0 cm (28.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dwarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mankayane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rajnandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lac Onatchiway	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ambalapuza	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record snow depth	161.0 cm (63.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	229.0 cm (90.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

487 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 293, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 3 April 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	293
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 3 April 1951 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 14, daily 471.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

418 broken records

Margins by which the 418 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 530.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1951

Top 20 records on 3 April 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1951	Farmington, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1951	Rumford, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1951	Beri(Berikhas), IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1951	Franklin, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1951	Lewiston, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1951	Keene, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1951	North Bridgton, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1951	Cream Hill, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1951	Greenville Muni AP, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1951	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1951	Mau, IN	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1951	Madison, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1951	Amherst, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1951	Chenari, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1951	Sherbrooke, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1951	Turners Falls, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1951	Durham, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1951	Manchester, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1951	Winnsboro, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1951	Eastport, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	38 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1951. 1951 had 487 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 1951-04-03: 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 100	404
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	1