Weather Records on 3 April 1980

713 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1980. Highest significance: Imperial, US.

Key Facts for 3 April 1980

On 3 April 1980, 713 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
152 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 673 daily.
Imperial set a daily record snow depth of 43.2 cm (17.0 in) on 3 April 1980.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

713 stations

713 station records on 3 April 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Imperial	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Estacao Experimental	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Raipur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vila Capivari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cross City 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsley Dam	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Catigua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Bento Do Sapucai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Densmore 2N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carnaubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Titonka	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record snow depth	218.4 cm (86.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Novais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City Perry Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Crescent (Serat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Araraquara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Potirendaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nenzel 20 S	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Do Fojo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paxton	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jardinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.3 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Claflin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Luminarias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cristina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stockville	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Icem (Usina Marimbondo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Chibarro (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

713 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 272, Heaviest daily snowfall 99, Deepest snow cover 97.

Records on 3 April 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	272
Heaviest daily snowfall	99
Deepest snow cover	97

Records on 3 April 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 673.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

571 broken records

Margins by which the 571 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 812.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1980

Top 20 records on 3 April 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1980	Imperial, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1980	Hartington, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1980	Madrid, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1980	Estacao Experimental, BR	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1980	Raipur, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1980	Wakeeney, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1980	Vila Capivari, BR	daily rain	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1980	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1980	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1980	Lodgepole, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1980	Cross City 1 E, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1980	Newcastle, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1980	Emmetsburg, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	86 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1980	Kingsley Dam, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1980	Orleans 2 W, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1980	Feldberg/Schwarzwald, DE	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1980	Tenerife/Los Rodeos, ES	daily high min	19.2 C (66.6 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1980	Le Mars, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	7.8 cm (3.1 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1980	Livingston AP, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1980	Catigua, BR	daily rain	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	10 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1980. 1980 had 713 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 200	563
200 to 400	7
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1