Weather Records on 3 April 1996

736 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1996. Highest significance: Klipfontein "Rietpan", ZA.

Key Facts for 3 April 1996

On 3 April 1996, 736 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
199 were record highs and 398 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 684 daily.
Klipfontein "Rietpan" set a daily record precipitation of 73.0 mm (2.9 in) on 3 April 1996.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

736 stations

736 station records on 3 April 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Klipfontein "Rietpan"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Beatrix	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dubrovnik	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kareedoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Chicharras	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moirton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rietpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pompano Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koror	Palau	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tonsina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
National Park (Forestry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oklee	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shanwei	China	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record low minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leoti	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City AP	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flagler 1S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guangzhou	China	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yangjiang	China	Record low maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Golondrinas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sakon Nakhon	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Two Rivers	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stadlandet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Theunissen (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Passo Major Zeferino	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara Do Ingai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Varazdin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Verkhneuralsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.2 C (-15.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

736 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 183, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 215, Heaviest daily rainfall 85, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 3 April 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	183
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	215
Heaviest daily rainfall	85
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 3 April 1996 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 51, daily 684.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

584 broken records

Margins by which the 584 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1996

Top 20 records on 3 April 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1996	Klipfontein "Rietpan", ZA	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 April 1996	Beatrix, ZA	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1996	Dubrovnik, HR	daily rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1996	Kareedoorn, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1996	Syracuse 1NE, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	102 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1996	Lichtentanne, DE	daily low max	0.7 C (33.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	114 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1996	Finca Chicharras, MX	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1996	Moirton, ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1996	Lichtentanne, DE	daily low min	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	125 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1996	Rietpan, ZA	monthly rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1996	Pompano Beach, US	monthly low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1996	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily low max	0.5 C (32.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1996	Gormanston (Gould Street), AU	daily rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1996	Wien, AT	monthly snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1996	Koror, PW	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1996	Cambridge, US	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	86 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1996	Tonsina, US	daily low min	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	89 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1996	Waialua 847, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1996	National Park (Forestry), AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1996	Abbeville, FR	monthly low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	66 years	37 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1996. 1996 had 736 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	547
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2