Weather Records on 3 April 1958

591 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1958. Highest significance: Oakdale Woodward Dam, US.

Key Facts for 3 April 1958

On 3 April 1958, 591 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 534 daily.
Oakdale Woodward Dam set an all-time record daily precipitation of 145.3 mm (5.7 in) on 3 April 1958.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

591 stations

591 station records on 3 April 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oakdale Woodward Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	249.2 mm (9.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bundabaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mount Coolon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	237.5 mm (9.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Twin Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	311.2 mm (12.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	196.3 mm (7.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wilkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lolworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rietbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Netherdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	288.3 mm (11.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	273.3 mm (10.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Abor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blair Athol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dotswood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	341.6 mm (13.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Many Peaks Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Noondoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boca	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farleigh Co-Op Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Table Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Georges Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Giant Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Livermore	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin 91	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Opids Camp Fc 57 Be	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

591 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 319, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 3 April 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	319
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 3 April 1958 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 49, daily 534.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

508 broken records

Margins by which the 508 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1958

Top 20 records on 3 April 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1958	Oakdale Woodward Dam, US	all-time rain	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 April 1958	Mt Douglas, AU	all-time rain	249.2 mm (9.8 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	9 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1958	Bundabaroo, AU	all-time rain	279.4 mm (11.0 in)	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	9 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1958	Mount Coolon Hotel, AU	all-time rain	237.5 mm (9.4 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	17 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1958	Truckee Rs, US	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1958	Twin Hills Post Office, AU	all-time rain	311.2 mm (12.3 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	8 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1958	Mirani Post Office, AU	daily rain	196.3 mm (7.7 in)	140.4 mm (5.5 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1958	Mount Wilkin, AU	monthly rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1958	Lolworth, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1958	Rietbult, ZA	monthly rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1958	Collaroy Station, AU	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1958	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1958	Tahoe City, US	monthly rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1958	Truckee Rs, US	monthly snowfall	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1958	Netherdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	288.3 mm (11.4 in)	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1958	Pleystowe Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1958	Reid River Railway Station, AU	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1958	Imlay, US	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1958	Mingela Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1958	Strathmore, AU	daily rain	273.3 mm (10.8 in)	215.6 mm (8.5 in)	24 years	53 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1958. 1958 had 591 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 1958-04-03: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	492
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1