Weather Records on 3 October 1916

93 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 1916. Highest significance: Milton Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 3 October 1916

On 3 October 1916, 93 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 89 daily.
Milton Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 78.2 mm (3.1 in) on 3 October 1916.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

93 stations

93 station records on 3 October 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hillview	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Yancannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuarts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Momba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelgowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Killalpaninna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Merungle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bomera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Denman (Martindale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Anna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Police Camp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dural Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Burwood 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

93 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 53, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 3 October 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	53
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 October 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 89.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

84 broken records

Margins by which the 84 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 October 1916

Top 20 records on 3 October 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 1916	Milton Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1916	Salisbury Downs, AU	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1916	Jamberoo (Lorna), AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1916	Hillview, CA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1916	Campbelltown 1, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1916	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1916	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1916	Picton Council Depot, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1916	Wollongong Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1916	White Cliffs (Yancannia), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1916	Warren (Mumblebone), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1916	Emu Plains, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1916	Cataract River, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1916	Nowra Council Offices, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1916	Qu'appelle, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1916	Swift Current, CA	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1916	Katoomba (Murri St), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1916	Bowral Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1916	Camden Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1916	Berry Masonic Village, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	24 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

1834 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 1916. 1916 had 93 records.

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

Records on 10-03 in each year
Year	Records
1834	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1859	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1890	3
1891	5
1893	4
1894	3
1895	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	6
1902	20
1903	3
1904	1
1905	7
1906	29
1907	5
1908	21
1909	13
1910	13
1911	22
1912	53
1913	17
1914	31
1915	13
1916	93
1917	77
1918	28
1919	46
1920	25
1921	82
1922	38
1923	46
1924	41
1925	171
1926	233
1927	335
1928	213
1929	223
1930	184
1931	256
1932	185
1933	178
1934	122
1935	423
1936	192
1937	386
1938	464
1939	352
1940	175
1941	662
1942	212
1943	306
1944	489
1945	521
1946	296
1947	725
1948	272
1949	426
1950	1,038
1951	706
1952	731
1953	645
1954	1,142
1955	426
1956	222
1957	469
1958	951
1959	704
1960	189
1961	804
1962	433
1963	431
1964	503
1965	281
1966	618
1967	610
1968	547
1969	624
1970	481
1971	511
1972	452
1973	613
1974	1,999
1975	809
1976	943
1977	480
1978	410
1979	573
1980	860
1981	1,138
1982	476
1983	648
1984	1,050
1985	1,013
1986	1,501
1987	1,324
1988	525
1989	906
1990	680
1991	862
1992	990
1993	926
1994	1,433
1995	1,249
1996	962
1997	1,085
1998	1,413
1999	1,683
2000	859
2001	846
2002	1,388
2003	1,107
2004	534
2005	1,406
2006	973
2007	872
2008	690
2009	1,322
2010	989
2011	1,024
2012	778
2013	856
2014	574
2015	824
2016	756
2017	1,064
2018	826
2019	1,427
2020	817
2021	635
2022	478
2023	1,024
2024	876
2025	733
2026	649

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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	64
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1