Weather Records on 3 April 1954

1,051 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1954. Highest significance: Garibaldi, CA.

Key Facts for 3 April 1954

On 3 April 1954, 1,051 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
70 were record highs and 845 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 206 monthly and 845 daily.
Garibaldi set a monthly record daily snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 3 April 1954.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

1,051 stations

1,051 station records on 3 April 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bumping Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Do Braco (Efic)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wausau Record Herald	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manitowoc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Martins	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wishek	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmeiro Dos Indios	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Dearborn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,051 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 378, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 467, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 3 April 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	378
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	467
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 3 April 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 206, daily 845.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

860 broken records

Margins by which the 860 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1954

Top 20 records on 3 April 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1954	Garibaldi, CA	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1954	Belleville, CA	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1954	Bumping Lake, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1954	Toronto, CA	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	110 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1954	Parry Sound, CA	monthly low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1954	Simcoe, CA	monthly low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1954	Ft Ross, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1954	Belleville, CA	daily low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1954	Glacier, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1954	Revelstoke, CA	monthly snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1954	Brockville, CA	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1954	Quebec, CA	monthly low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1954	Detroit, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1954	Wien, AT	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1954	Rio Do Braco (Efic), BR	daily rain	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1954	Grapeview 3 SW, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1954	Glacier, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1954	Green Bay, US	monthly low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	57 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1954	North Bay, CA	monthly low min	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1954	Wausau Record Herald, US	monthly low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	57 years	37 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1954. 1954 had 1,051 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	843
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1