Weather Records on 3 April 1970

572 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1970. Highest significance: Schierke, DE.

Key Facts for 3 April 1970

On 3 April 1970, 572 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 203 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 534 daily.
Schierke set a daily record snow depth of 115.0 cm (45.3 in) on 3 April 1970.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

572 stations

572 station records on 3 April 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Schierke	Germany	Record snow depth	115.0 cm (45.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Gayvoron	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Lock 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Spier Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dixville Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mays Mill	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nagarkurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cemal	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Searsburg STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shelburne Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adams	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Whitingham 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canastota	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Indoe Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nalgonda	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nelamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heath	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dixville Notch	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Readsboro 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
West Burke	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hoosac Tunnel	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

572 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 143, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 78.

Records on 3 April 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	143
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	78

Records on 3 April 1970 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 37, daily 534.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

463 broken records

Margins by which the 463 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 570.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1970

Top 20 records on 3 April 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1970	Schierke, DE	daily snow depth	115.0 cm (45.3 in)	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	81 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1970	Gayvoron, UA	monthly rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1970	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	monthly low max	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	101 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1970	Red Rvr, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1970	Frankfort Lock 19, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1970	Spier Falls, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1970	Manchester, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1970	Chelsea, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1970	Alma, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1970	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1970	Centennial 1NE, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1970	Dixville Notch, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1970	Mays Mill, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1970	Nagarkurnool, IN	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1970	Baldwinsville, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1970	Trenton Falls, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1970	Warwick, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1970	Keene, US	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1970	Cemal, RU	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1970	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	119 years	41 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1970. 1970 had 572 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 1970-04-03: 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	451
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1