Weather Records on 3 December 1921

128 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 1921. Highest significance: Beachport, AU.

Key Facts for 3 December 1921

On 3 December 1921, 128 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 127 daily.
Beachport set a daily record precipitation of 36.6 mm (1.4 in) on 3 December 1921.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

128 stations

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

Weather records on 3 December 1921: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Briagolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte Cave Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler (Loos)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St Helena Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

128 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 1921 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 104, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 3 December 1921 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 December 1921 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 127.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

121 broken records

Margins by which the 121 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 38.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 1921

Top 20 records on 3 December 1921 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 1921	Beachport, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1921	Orleansville (Chlef), DZ	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1921	Naracoorte, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1921	Menangle Jmai, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1921	Wirrabara Forest, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1921	Briagolong, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1921	Sfax El-Maou, TN	monthly high max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	14 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1921	Ashbourne, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1921	Wirrabara, AU	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1921	Coulta, AU	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1921	Melrose, AU	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1921	Freeling Railway, AU	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1921	Tarlee, AU	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1921	Riverton, AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1921	Litchfield, AU	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1921	Kapunda Reservoir, AU	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1921	Gawler Council Depot, AU	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1921	Macclesfield, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1921	Naracoorte Cave Range, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1921	Booleroo Centre, AU	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	31 years	20 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

1793 to 1921

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1921. 1921 had 128 records.

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

Records on 12-03 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1797	1
1801	1
1807	1
1810	1
1816	1
1828	1
1829	2
1831	1
1832	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	3
1856	4
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1870	2
1872	3
1873	1
1875	4
1876	3
1879	8
1882	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	9
1902	13
1903	9
1904	5
1905	33
1906	23
1907	2
1908	4
1909	45
1910	8
1911	12
1912	23
1913	66
1914	74
1915	19
1916	153
1917	34
1918	29
1919	88
1920	44
1921	128
1922	68
1923	58
1924	89
1925	152
1926	189
1927	247
1928	79
1929	651
1930	131
1931	352
1932	528
1933	486
1934	270
1935	267
1936	379
1937	284
1938	347
1939	443
1940	1,023
1941	1,141
1942	595
1943	290
1944	284
1945	194
1946	443
1947	814
1948	419
1949	177
1950	689
1951	881
1952	242
1953	804
1954	493
1955	763
1956	679
1957	211
1958	583
1959	372
1960	577
1961	342
1962	923
1963	331
1964	824
1965	308
1966	1,076
1967	859
1968	646
1969	395
1970	1,247
1971	999
1972	890
1973	778
1974	661
1975	638
1976	1,315
1977	681
1978	1,406
1979	959
1980	1,128
1981	644
1982	3,010
1983	1,255
1984	645
1985	2,305
1986	801
1987	682
1988	672
1989	1,064
1990	1,178
1991	1,521
1992	776
1993	670
1994	664
1995	725
1996	694
1997	854
1998	1,969
1999	982
2000	759
2001	604
2002	977
2003	519
2004	739
2005	1,140
2006	1,167
2007	793
2008	804
2009	1,124
2010	1,879
2011	852
2012	1,355
2013	799
2014	510
2015	533
2016	347
2017	669
2018	1,043
2019	490
2020	409
2021	1,364
2022	448
2023	810
2024	709
2025	578

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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 5	75
5 to 10	25
10 to 15	11
15 to 20	5
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1