Weather Records on 3 April 1971

590 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1971. Highest significance: Oorschot, ZA.

Key Facts for 3 April 1971

On 3 April 1971, 590 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 235 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 552 daily.
Oorschot set a daily record precipitation of 84.0 mm (3.3 in) on 3 April 1971.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

590 stations

590 station records on 3 April 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oorschot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Randfontein (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ntsubane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Hermes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Intake	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salique (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malelane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Doornbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Utuado	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sawoti	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Natal Est, Mount Edg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manubie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Esperanza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schelm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Little Harmony, Rich	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Devon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cordele	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Umlaas Waterworks	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Swaziland Ranch-Homest	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg I	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

590 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 163, Heaviest daily rainfall 233, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 3 April 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	163
Heaviest daily rainfall	233
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 3 April 1971 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 36, daily 552.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

472 broken records

Margins by which the 472 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1971

Top 20 records on 3 April 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1971	Oorschot, ZA	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1971	Randfontein (Gm), ZA	monthly rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1971	Bergland Dam, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1971	Lowville, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1971	Barrow Creek, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1971	Ntsubane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	163.0 mm (6.4 in)	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1971	Cape Hermes, ZA	daily rain	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1971	Isabela Substn, PR	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1971	Intake, ZA	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1971	Canton 4 SE, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1971	Marseilles-Marignane, FR	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1971	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1971	Petoskey, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1971	Salique (Bos), ZA	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1971	Malelane, ZA	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1971	Coloso, PR	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1971	Doornbult, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1971	Mont-Aigoual, FR	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1971	Stevens Pt, US	monthly low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1971	Utuado, PR	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	40 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1971. 1971 had 590 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 50	448
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	2