Weather Records on 3 April 1975

2,015 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1975. Highest significance: Owosso Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 3 April 1975

On 3 April 1975, 2,015 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
158 were record highs and 990 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 372 monthly and 1,639 daily.
Owosso Wwtp set a monthly record snow depth of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 3 April 1975.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 3 April 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Barrage Mattawin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	61.5 cm (24.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sidney	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	52.1 cm (20.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
London Int'l Airport	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Mattawin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Peru 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Edgefield 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Varzea da Volta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Notre Dame du Laus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gary	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caro Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bronkhorstspruit (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albany Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Fereol	Canada	Record daily snowfall	42.2 cm (16.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,015 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 327, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 663, Heaviest daily rainfall 413, Heaviest daily snowfall 311, Deepest snow cover 143.

Records on 3 April 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	327
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	663
Heaviest daily rainfall	413
Heaviest daily snowfall	311
Deepest snow cover	143

Records on 3 April 1975 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 372, daily 1,639.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,618 broken records

Margins by which the 1,618 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 1975

Top 20 records on 3 April 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1975	Owosso Wwtp, US	monthly snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	70 years	79 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1975	Howell Wwtp, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	53 years	74 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1975	Howell Wwtp, US	monthly snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	72 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1975	Barrage Mattawin, CA	all-time snowfall	61.5 cm (24.2 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	22 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1975	Millington 3 SE, US	monthly snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	70 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1975	La Tuque, CA	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1975	Sidney, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1975	Brockville, CA	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	14.8 cm (5.8 in)	11 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1975	La Grange 1N, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1975	Yale 1 NNW, US	monthly snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	36 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1975	Huntingdon, CA	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	100 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1975	Montague 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1975	Clanton, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1975	Bancroft, CA	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	89 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1975	Eureka, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1975	Mount Forest, CA	monthly snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	0 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1975	Shawinigan, CA	all-time snowfall	52.1 cm (20.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	70 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1975	Covington, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	77 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1975	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1975	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	monthly snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5 years	58 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1975. 1975 had 2,015 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 100	1,534
100 to 200	70
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1