Weather Records on 3 April 1986

634 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1986. Highest significance: Kremmling, US.

Key Facts for 3 April 1986

On 3 April 1986, 634 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
178 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 606 daily.
Kremmling set a monthly record daily precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 3 April 1986.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

634 stations

634 station records on 3 April 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kremmling	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo Intl AP 87	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Metzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Reutlingen-Betzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cortez	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsmouth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Titisee-Neustadt-Langenordnach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
N Platte Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Schopfheim-Eichen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.8 C (98.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Allenspark 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kauffman 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsley Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Torrington Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shusha	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenrock 14 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Donaueschingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Limon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winter Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

634 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 361, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 3 April 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	361
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 3 April 1986 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 26, daily 606.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

524 broken records

Margins by which the 524 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1986

Top 20 records on 3 April 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1986	Kremmling, US	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	79 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1986	Castle Rock, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1986	Monte Vista 2W, US	all-time rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	93 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1986	Mesa Verde Np, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1986	Sherman, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1986	Grand Lake 1 NW, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1986	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1986	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1986	Rico, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1986	Bailey, US	daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1986	Rheinfelden, DE	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1986	Manassa, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1986	Walsenburg 1 NW, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1986	Eldon, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1986	Hilo Intl AP 87, US	daily rain	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1986	Metzingen, DE	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1986	Reutlingen-Betzingen, DE	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1986	Cortez, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1986	Walden, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	87 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1986	Plattsmouth 1E, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	45 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1986. 1986 had 634 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 1986-04-03: 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 50	498
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1