Weather Records on 3 January 1925

139 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 1925. Highest significance: Uccle, BE.

Key Facts for 3 January 1925

On 3 January 1925, 139 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 126 daily.
Uccle set a daily record precipitation of 32.7 mm (1.3 in) on 3 January 1925.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

139 stations

139 station records on 3 January 1925 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 1925: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Garah (Welbon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

139 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 1925 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 42, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 3 January 1925 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 3 January 1925 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 126.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

119 broken records

Margins by which the 119 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 1925

Top 20 records on 3 January 1925 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 1925	Uccle, BE	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1925	Roermond, NL	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1925	Broken Bow 2 W, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1925	Spearfish, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1925	Arnsberg, DE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1925	Helmond, NL	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1925	Merrywinbone (Oreel), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1925	Uccle, BE	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	64 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1925	Kokstad, ZA	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	14 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1925	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1925	Tbilisi, GE	daily low min	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1925	Enoggera Reservoir, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1925	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	monthly high max	11.5 C (52.7 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1925	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1925	Muenster, DE	daily rain	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1925	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1925	Orange (McLaughlin St), AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1925	Sandvig, DK	daily high max	7.5 C (45.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1925	Schwerin, DE	monthly high max	10.8 C (51.4 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1925	Columbia Wb City, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 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

1794 to 1925

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1925. 1925 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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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 2026-10-15 (15 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 25	111
25 to 50	3
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1