Weather Records on 3 October 1921

82 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 1921. Highest significance: Boggabri Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 3 October 1921

On 3 October 1921, 82 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 75 daily.
Boggabri Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 3 October 1921.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

82 stations

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

Weather records on 3 October 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boggabri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Philipstown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Millie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

82 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 57.

Records on 3 October 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	57
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 October 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 75.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

73 broken records

Margins by which the 73 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 1921

Top 20 records on 3 October 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 1921	Boggabri Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1921	Middleburg, ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1921	Philipstown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1921	Manilla Post Office, AU	monthly rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1921	Steynsburg, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1921	Hanover (Pol), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1921	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1921	Crawley, ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1921	Wingham (Lanark Close), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1921	Holmogadd A, SE	monthly rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1921	Barraba Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1921	Sterkstroom (Pol), ZA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1921	Wauchope (Avondale Street), AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1921	Waverley, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1921	Stonehenge, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1921	Oxford, GB	daily high min	15.4 C (59.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	61 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1921	Gloucester Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1921	Glen Innes Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1921	Bowraville Recreation Club, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1921	Taree (Radio Station 2Re), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	26 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 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 1921. 1921 had 82 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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Data for records on 1921-10-03: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 3 October 1921
Margin	Records
0 to 10	41
10 to 20	20
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1