Weather Records on 3 April 1992

1,974 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1992. Highest significance: Mersa Matruh, EG.

Key Facts for 3 April 1992

On 3 April 1992, 1,974 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
670 were record highs and 969 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 89 monthly and 1,883 daily.
Mersa Matruh set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 3 April 1992.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

1,974 stations

1,974 station records on 3 April 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mersa Matruh	Egypt	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Basel-Mulhouse	France	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wutoschingen-Ofteringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rocksprings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jayuya	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Turramurra (Kissing Point Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Frenchs Forest (Frenchs Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmaringen-Laiz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uberlingen/Bodensee	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yallambie (Mount Auban)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maroota ( Roberts Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pfullendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dickson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kreis Biberach Altheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Florrie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mullheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moron de la Frontera	Spain	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,974 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 425, Lowest daily maximum 589, Highest daily minimum 245, Lowest daily minimum 380, Heaviest daily rainfall 270, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 3 April 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	425
Lowest daily maximum	589
Highest daily minimum	245
Lowest daily minimum	380
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 3 April 1992 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 89, daily 1,883.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,574 broken records

Margins by which the 1,574 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 126.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1992

Top 20 records on 3 April 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1992	Mersa Matruh, EG	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	73 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1992	Wittstock-Rote Muhle, DE	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1992	Basel-Mulhouse, FR	monthly rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1992	Nelson Bay (Nelson Head), AU	daily rain	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1992	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	73 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1992	Wutoschingen-Ofteringen, DE	monthly rain	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1992	Rocksprings, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	96 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1992	Mosman (Bapaume Road), AU	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1992	Jayuya, PR	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1992	Basel Binningen, CH	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1992	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1992	Turramurra (Kissing Point Road, AU	daily rain	163.6 mm (6.4 in)	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	3 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1992	Frenchs Forest (Frenchs Forest, AU	monthly rain	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1992	Moorland (Denro-An), AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1992	Brady, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	95 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1992	Sigmaringen-Laiz, DE	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1992	Warthausen-Birkenhard, DE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	78 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1992	Uberlingen/Bodensee, DE	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1992	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1992	Yallambie (Mount Auban), AU	daily rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	20 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1992. 1992 had 1,974 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 20	1,510
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1