Weather Records on 3 April 2000

1,167 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 2000. Highest significance: Eddystone Point, AU.

Key Facts for 3 April 2000

On 3 April 2000, 1,167 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
492 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 1,133 daily.
Eddystone Point set a daily record precipitation of 68.0 mm (2.7 in) on 3 April 2000.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

1,167 stations

1,167 station records on 3 April 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Ville Platte	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Giru Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.6 mm (4.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tanhoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	259.4 mm (10.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jonsberg Landbruksskole	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Barron (Franklin Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bankhead L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.4 mm (7.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plassen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Patterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge Atdd	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gargett Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Igsi I Hobol	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
De Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orange	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	111.6 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Blas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burnsville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandefjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wye	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Loten_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Edinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baytown	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dartmouth Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Magueyes Is	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,167 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 202, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 290, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 518, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 3 April 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	202
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	290
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	518
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 3 April 2000 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 32, daily 1,133.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

979 broken records

Margins by which the 979 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 520.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 2000

Top 20 records on 3 April 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 2000	Eddystone Point, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	70 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2000	Ville Platte, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2000	Giru Post Office, AU	daily rain	113.6 mm (4.5 in)	92.3 mm (3.6 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2000	St Joseph 3 N, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	77 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2000	Tellico Plains, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2000	Moss, NO	monthly rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2000	Tanhoj, RU	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2000	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	77 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2000	Binghamton, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2000	Huetamo, MX	daily low max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2000	Majors Creek, AU	monthly rain	259.4 mm (10.2 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2000	Kalamia Estate, AU	daily rain	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	83 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2000	Jonsberg Landbruksskole, NO	monthly rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2000	Greensboro, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2000	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	119 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2000	Lady Barron (Franklin Parade), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2000	Bankhead L&D, US	daily rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2000	Hartwell, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2000	Natchez, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	95 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2000	Townsville Aero, AU	daily rain	197.4 mm (7.8 in)	157.8 mm (6.2 in)	1 year	46 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 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2000. 2000 had 1,167 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 2000-04-03: 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 100	973
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1