Weather Records on 3 January 1904

51 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 1904. Highest significance: Sydney, CA.

Key Facts for 3 January 1904

On 3 January 1904, 51 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
0 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 49 daily.
Sydney set an all-time record daily snowfall of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 3 January 1904.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

51 stations

51 station records on 3 January 1904 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 1904: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sydney	Canada	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bobadah (Melrose)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cordeaux River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

51 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 1904 by type: Lowest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 23, Heaviest daily snowfall 10.

Records on 3 January 1904 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	23
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 January 1904 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 49.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

44 broken records

Margins by which the 44 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 1904

Top 20 records on 3 January 1904 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 1904	Sydney, CA	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1904	Robe Comparison, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1904	Sydney, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1904	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1904	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1904	Portland, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1904	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1904	Halifax, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1904	Queanbeyan Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1904	Stawell, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1904	Truro, CA	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1904	Tarcutta, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1904	Halifax, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1904	Tarcutta Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1904	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1904	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1904	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1904	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily low max	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1904	Southampton, CA	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	10 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1904	Bringelly (Maryland), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	18 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1904

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1904. 1904 had 51 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-03 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1798	1
1800	1
1823	2
1825	1
1830	2
1839	1
1848	1
1853	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	1
1867	2
1868	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	4
1887	5
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1899	2
1900	15
1901	4
1902	15
1903	17
1904	51
1905	12
1906	13
1907	26
1908	8
1909	11
1910	23
1911	40
1912	26
1913	83
1914	33
1915	29
1916	60
1917	52
1918	80
1919	54
1920	31
1921	139
1922	80
1923	46
1924	222
1925	139
1926	268
1927	235
1928	412
1929	58
1930	160
1931	100
1932	167
1933	160
1934	208
1935	249
1936	404
1937	291
1938	139
1939	498
1940	312
1941	595
1942	505
1943	508
1944	361
1945	148
1946	171
1947	662
1948	462
1949	910
1950	2,025
1951	459
1952	587
1953	241
1954	370
1955	443
1956	188
1957	177
1958	326
1959	861
1960	431
1961	543
1962	802
1963	494
1964	513
1965	492
1966	885
1967	247
1968	582
1969	516
1970	749
1971	1,280
1972	313
1973	623
1974	1,010
1975	710
1976	524
1977	790
1978	745
1979	2,417
1980	470
1981	1,401
1982	1,380
1983	921
1984	983
1985	739
1986	676
1987	843
1988	1,034
1989	740
1990	467
1991	1,077
1992	1,200
1993	910
1994	902
1995	726
1996	2,085
1997	3,676
1998	1,434
1999	1,568
2000	2,063
2001	1,385
2002	1,307
2003	981
2004	1,406
2005	1,157
2006	1,472
2007	1,396
2008	948
2009	682
2010	1,337
2011	681
2012	956
2013	496
2014	1,029
2015	869
2016	605
2017	1,053
2018	1,444
2019	474
2020	772
2021	476
2022	989
2023	1,318
2024	734
2025	653
2026	902

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	26
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2