Weather Records on 3 January 1921

139 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 1921. Highest significance: Ararat Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 3 January 1921

On 3 January 1921, 139 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 128 daily.
Ararat Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 73.4 mm (2.9 in) on 3 January 1921.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

139 stations

139 station records on 3 January 1921 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Springfield 2)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rokewood (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Double Gates)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goornong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Belaringar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Currandooley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rupanyup (Lallat Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tungamah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgar Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gladfield Hopefield Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera (Back Brewarrena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Newlyn Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Canonbar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

139 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 106.

Records on 3 January 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	106
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 January 1921 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 128.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

132 broken records

Margins by which the 132 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 1921

Top 20 records on 3 January 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 1921	Ararat Post Office, AU	monthly rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1921	Cobar (Springfield 2), AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1921	Rokewood (the Meadows), AU	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1921	Cobar (Double Gates), AU	all-time rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1921	Ballan, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1921	Bulgoo, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1921	Gembrook, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1921	Stawell, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1921	Merino, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1921	Penshurst (Post Office), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1921	Hastings Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1921	Bacchus Marsh, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1921	Balmoral (Post Office), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1921	Wickliffe, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1921	Goornong, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1921	Bungendore Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1921	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1921	Armagh, GB	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1921	Bungendore (Douglas), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1921	Cowes, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	30 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1921. 1921 had 139 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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Data for records on 1921-01-03: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	111
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1