Weather Records on 3 January 1917

52 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 1917. Highest significance: Beechworth Composite, AU.

Key Facts for 3 January 1917

On 3 January 1917, 52 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 52 daily.
Beechworth Composite set a daily record precipitation of 58.9 mm (2.3 in) on 3 January 1917.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

52 stations

52 station records on 3 January 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Morton Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Poole	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Yamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Broke (Harrowby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Leominster	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Burwood 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

52 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 30, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 3 January 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 January 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 52.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

45 broken records

Margins by which the 45 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 81.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 1917

Top 20 records on 3 January 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 1917	Beechworth Composite, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1917	Bairnsdale 1, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1917	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1917	Winnemucca AP, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1917	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1917	Brome, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1917	Beechal, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1917	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1917	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1917	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1917	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	1 year	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1917	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily rain	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	16 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1917	Kiev, UA	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	21 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1917	Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St), AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1917	Tbilisi, GE	daily high min	4.6 C (40.3 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1917	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1917	Metten, DE	daily rain	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	14 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1917	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1917	Gronbaek-Allingskovgard, DK	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	20 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1917	Galway, IE	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	20 years	14 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 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1917. 1917 had 52 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	41
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1