Weather Records on 3 April 2011

1,491 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 2011. Highest significance: Porthill, US.

Key Facts for 3 April 2011

On 3 April 2011, 1,491 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,127 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 1,465 daily.
Porthill set a monthly record daily precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 3 April 2011.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

1,491 stations

1,491 station records on 3 April 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Porthill	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Wyndham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.8 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Border STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ruth	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warmun	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hankensbuttel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Celle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsville 2W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gage AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsville 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coalville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Creek Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Border STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coalville 13 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Salzuflen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fenn Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Auvergne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Narpio Alamarkku	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grenville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,491 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 687, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 440, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 210, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 3 April 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	687
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	440
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 3 April 2011 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 24, daily 1,465.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,231 broken records

Margins by which the 1,231 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 2011

Top 20 records on 3 April 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 2011	Porthill, US	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	77 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2011	Wyndham, AU	monthly rain	117.8 mm (4.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2011	Raymond Border STN, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2011	Ueckermunde, DE	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2011	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	100 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2011	Mtn Dell Dam, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	90 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2011	Ruth, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2011	Warmun, AU	daily low max	24.3 C (75.7 F)	8.6 C (15.5 F)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2011	Daly Waters AWS, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2011	Hankensbuttel, DE	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2011	Celle, DE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2011	Kodiak AP, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2011	Culbertson, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2011	Grantsville 2W, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2011	Paradise, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	101 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2011	Gage AP, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	101 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2011	Grantsville 2W, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2011	Coalville, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2011	Halls Creek Airport, AU	daily low max	22.3 C (72.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2011	Mtn Park, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	81 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2011. 2011 had 1,491 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 2011-04-03: 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	1,207
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1