Weather Records on 3 April 1974

877 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1974. Highest significance: Allambie, AU.

Key Facts for 3 April 1974

On 3 April 1974, 877 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
292 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 853 daily.
Allambie set a monthly record daily precipitation of 106.0 mm (4.2 in) on 3 April 1974.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

877 stations

877 station records on 3 April 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Allambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Gingin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Thundelarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Barberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tenindewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wye Wye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mogumber Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Walgoolan North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bindi Bindi East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wurarga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kondut East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Moningarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chidlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dowerin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Telenning Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walebing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yanchep	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cape St. Lucia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie-Lea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cashmere Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ygnattering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minaru	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wannamal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Belmonte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Norcia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toodyay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yuinmery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tenindewa Bindu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rottnest Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gogo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wanneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Doongin Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Inkpen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zelinda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis-St Paul Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthornden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aleppo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville Rch 1117	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meruoca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winter Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bullara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buntine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palisade	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

877 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 166, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 484, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 3 April 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	166
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	484
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 3 April 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 853.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

754 broken records

Margins by which the 754 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1974

Top 20 records on 3 April 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1974	Allambie, AU	monthly rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1974	Gingin, AU	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1974	Thundelarra, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1974	Moora, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1974	Barberton, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1974	Tenindewa, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1974	Wye Wye, AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1974	Mogumber Farm, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1974	Walgoolan North, AU	monthly rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1974	Bindi Bindi East, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1974	Wurarga, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1974	Kondut East, AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1974	Moningarin, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1974	Avoca, AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1974	Chidlow, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1974	Dowerin, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1974	Telenning Hill, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1974	Walebing, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1974	Yanchep, AU	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1974	Cape St. Lucia, ZA	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	49 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1974. 1974 had 877 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 1974-04-03: 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	669
20 to 40	60
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1