Weather Records on 3 April 1977

898 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1977. Highest significance: Goldberg, DE.

Key Facts for 3 April 1977

On 3 April 1977, 898 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
236 were record highs and 144 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 862 daily.
Goldberg set a monthly record daily precipitation of 32.1 mm (1.3 in) on 3 April 1977.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

898 stations

898 station records on 3 April 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Itiuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tipp City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clearfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charleroi Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 SW Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saxton 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crawford 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Braddock Lock 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ganado	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vandergrift	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uaua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kosciusko	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Myerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Edinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

898 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 176, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 437, Heaviest daily snowfall 68, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 3 April 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	176
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	437
Heaviest daily snowfall	68
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 3 April 1977 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 35, daily 862.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

735 broken records

Margins by which the 735 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1977

Top 20 records on 3 April 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1977	Goldberg, DE	monthly rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	46 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1977	Derry 4 SW, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1977	El Morro Natl Mon, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1977	State UNIV, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1977	Urbana Wrf, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1977	Yuma, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1977	Espanola, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	79 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1977	Cowley Station, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1977	Itiuba, BR	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1977	Tipp City, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1977	Snowflake, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	78 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1977	Clearfield, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1977	New Carlisle, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1977	Guntersville, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1977	Westminster 2 SSE, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1977	Charleroi Lock 4, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1977	Spearfish, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1977	Scottsboro, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1977	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1977	Acmetonia Lock 3, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	43 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1977. 1977 had 898 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 1977-04-03: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	708
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1