Weather Records on 3 November 1911

39 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 November 1911. Highest significance: St John's, CA.

Key Facts for 3 November 1911

On 3 November 1911, 39 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 39 daily.
St John's set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 3 November 1911.
Across 155 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

39 stations

39 station records on 3 November 1911 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 November 1911: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

39 records

Records set or tied on 3 November 1911 by type: Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 5, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 3 November 1911 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	5
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 November 1911 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 39.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

34 broken records

Margins by which the 34 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 November 1911

Top 20 records on 3 November 1911 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 November 1911	St John's, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1911	Wellwood, ZA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1911	Steynsburg, ZA	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1911	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1911	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	39 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1911	Chatham, CA	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1911	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	38 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1911	Saint John, CA	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	31 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1911	Saint John, CA	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1911	Charlottetown, CA	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1911	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1911	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	21 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1911	Quebec, CA	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1911	Charlottetown, CA	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1911	Charlottetown, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	15 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1911	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1911	Anticosti SW Point, CA	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1911	Port Dover, CA	daily low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	31 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1911	Vestervig, DK	daily high min	7.5 C (45.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	33 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1911	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	15 years	12 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

1821 to 1911

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1911. 1911 had 39 records.

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

Records on 11-03 in each year
Year	Records
1821	2
1828	1
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	1
1851	1
1857	1
1858	7
1862	1
1864	1
1875	5
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	8
1897	3
1898	6
1899	10
1900	6
1901	6
1902	5
1903	19
1904	22
1905	11
1906	13
1907	28
1908	19
1909	17
1910	21
1911	39
1912	112
1913	35
1914	41
1915	19
1916	22
1917	36
1918	16
1919	74
1920	38
1921	35
1922	85
1923	123
1924	136
1925	107
1926	188
1927	343
1928	236
1929	352
1930	154
1931	279
1932	466
1933	398
1934	571
1935	968
1936	1,217
1937	309
1938	1,019
1939	584
1940	285
1941	214
1942	303
1943	172
1944	498
1945	333
1946	1,017
1947	457
1948	416
1949	565
1950	482
1951	2,288
1952	404
1953	351
1954	693
1955	522
1956	781
1957	453
1958	274
1959	472
1960	239
1961	1,007
1962	438
1963	271
1964	719
1965	522
1966	1,373
1967	588
1968	471
1969	568
1970	551
1971	666
1972	636
1973	903
1974	929
1975	1,066
1976	719
1977	767
1978	1,197
1979	630
1980	1,031
1981	876
1982	826
1983	1,254
1984	624
1985	725
1986	491
1987	1,148
1988	915
1989	615
1990	1,114
1991	3,969
1992	1,158
1993	653
1994	1,227
1995	1,078
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	789
1999	808
2000	851
2001	587
2002	1,376
2003	1,914
2004	1,356
2005	1,576
2006	1,065
2007	642
2008	1,011
2009	688
2010	718
2011	765
2012	605
2013	515
2014	639
2015	1,123
2016	941
2017	871
2018	405
2019	303
2020	1,688
2021	352
2022	869
2023	714
2024	703
2025	525

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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	31
20 to 40	1
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1