Weather Records on 3 April 2020

916 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 2020. Highest significance: Lankaran, AZ.

Key Facts for 3 April 2020

On 3 April 2020, 916 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
113 were record highs and 513 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 87 monthly and 828 daily.
Lankaran set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 3 April 2020.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

916 stations

916 station records on 3 April 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Orford (Aubin Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Orford South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Opossum Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hobart Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Launceston (Kings Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Middleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mungeranie (Kalamurina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Trundle (Brookview St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Levendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fingal (Legge Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lewis Hill (St Pauls River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lexton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tabilk (Tahbilk Winery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coles Bay (Freycinet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Taroona (Taroona Crescent)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Direction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tooms Lake (Tooms River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oksendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Orientos Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Forest (Forton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Philip AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seven Mile Beach (Royal Hobart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orielton (East Orielton Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Taranna (Parks & Wildlife)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maria Island (Darlington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Margate (Sunnyside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Strathayr)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Toluca (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rotherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Longley (Telopea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Giddings 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

916 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 254, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 259, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 3 April 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	254
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	259
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 3 April 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 87, daily 828.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

789 broken records

Margins by which the 789 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 2020

Top 20 records on 3 April 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 2020	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	110 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 April 2020	Orford (Aubin Court), AU	monthly rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	74 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2020	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2020	Orford South, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2020	Opossum Bay, AU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2020	Tarcutta (Wollumbi), AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	120 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2020	Hobart Airport, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2020	Launceston (Kings Meadows), AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2020	Kellevie, AU	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2020	Middleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2020	Mungeranie (Kalamurina), AU	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	125 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2020	Trundle (Brookview St), AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	115 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2020	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	121 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2020	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	91 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2020	Levendale, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2020	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	125 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2020	Fingal (Legge Street), AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2020	Ormley, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2020	Woodbridge, AU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2020	Lewis Hill (St Pauls River), AU	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	58 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2020. 2020 had 916 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 2020-04-03: 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	771
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1