Weather Records on 3 April 1976

340 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1976. Highest significance: Chaplyne, UA.

Key Facts for 3 April 1976

On 3 April 1976, 340 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 325 daily.
Chaplyne set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 3 April 1976.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

340 stations

340 station records on 3 April 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chaplyne	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clarke City	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aunet	Norway	Record snow depth	152.0 cm (59.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Planknek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Klimpfjall	Sweden	Record snow depth	147.0 cm (57.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amsterdam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall	United States	Record snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Verma	Norway	Record snow depth	142.0 cm (55.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nitchequon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guzar	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Denau	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Niamey Aero	Niger	Record low minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Potgietersrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saskylah	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Palestina (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Oloj	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrovnoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fada N'Gourma	Burkina Faso	Record low minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paranapiacaba (Alto da Serra)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St John's A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stephenville A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tillabery	Niger	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gijon la Merced	Spain	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nitchequon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nanambinia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karabutak	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paso de San Antonio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murcia/Alcantarilla	Spain	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fagerhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Krokshult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mier Y Noriega (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valladolid (Villanubla)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerki	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

340 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 116, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 3 April 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	116
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 3 April 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 325.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

272 broken records

Margins by which the 272 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 360.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1976

Top 20 records on 3 April 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1976	Chaplyne, UA	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1976	Clarke City, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1976	Mahlabatini (Mag), ZA	monthly rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1976	Aunet, NO	daily snow depth	152.0 cm (59.8 in)	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	74 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1976	Porto, PT	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1976	Planknek, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1976	Klimpfjall, SE	daily snow depth	147.0 cm (57.9 in)	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1976	Ft Ross, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	75 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1976	Amsterdam (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	65 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1976	Fall Rvr Lake, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	69 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1976	Kendall, US	daily snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	72 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1976	Verma, NO	daily snow depth	142.0 cm (55.9 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	70 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1976	Nitchequon, CA	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1976	Grand Falls, CA	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1976	Guzar, UZ	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1976	Denau, UZ	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1976	Niamey Aero, NE	monthly low min	15.2 C (59.4 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1976	Potgietersrus, ZA	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1976	Lawrence, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	48 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1976	Tashkent, UZ	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)

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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1976. 1976 had 340 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	266
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1