Weather Records on 3 April 1960

506 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1960. Highest significance: Quilandi, IN.

Key Facts for 3 April 1960

On 3 April 1960, 506 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
229 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 501 daily.
Quilandi set a daily record precipitation of 109.2 mm (4.3 in) on 3 April 1960.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

506 stations

506 station records on 3 April 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chinnar	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sattur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sattankulam	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Srivaikuntam	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Perinthalamanna	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ko253Lpatti Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coonoor	India	Record daily precipitation	179.4 mm (7.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jayamkondam	India	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anamalais	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kottaram	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seale	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Deposit	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis US Naval Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shubuta	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Loretto	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kundha (Kailkund)	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oxnard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Whitsett 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

506 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 3 April 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 3 April 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 501.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

414 broken records

Margins by which the 414 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1960

Top 20 records on 3 April 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1960	Quilandi, IN	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1960	Chinnar, IN	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1960	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1960	Sattur, IN	daily rain	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1960	Sattankulam, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1960	Srivaikuntam, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1960	Waynesboro 3 WNW, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1960	Perinthalamanna, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1960	Asheville, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1960	N Wilkesboro, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1960	Amite, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1960	Ko253Lpatti Sr, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1960	Elba, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1960	Avalon Pleasure Pier, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1960	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low min	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1960	Coonoor, IN	monthly rain	179.4 mm (7.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1960	Jayamkondam, IN	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1960	Clayton, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1960	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1960	Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	35 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1960. 1960 had 506 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 1960-04-03: 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 20	356
20 to 40	39
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1