Weather Records on 3 October 1925

171 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 1925. Highest significance: Mexico, US.

Key Facts for 3 October 1925

On 3 October 1925, 171 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 161 daily.
Mexico set a daily record precipitation of 56.4 mm (2.2 in) on 3 October 1925.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

171 stations

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

Weather records on 3 October 1925: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg River Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond City Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palermo	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

171 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 1925 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 113.

Records on 3 October 1925 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 October 1925 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 161.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

140 broken records

Margins by which the 140 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 1925

Top 20 records on 3 October 1925 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 1925	Mexico, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1925	Bonaparte 5 NE, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1925	Stanton, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1925	Chariton 1 E, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1925	Indianola 1SW, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1925	Washington, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1925	Oskaloosa, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1925	Harrisburg River Gage, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1925	Iowa City, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1925	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1925	Iowa Falls, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1925	Fort National, DZ	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1925	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1925	Confluence 1 NW, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1925	Watertown, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1925	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1925	Havana, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1925	Winterset 4N, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1925	Richmond City Locks, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1925	Marshall, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	28 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 1925

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 1925. 1925 had 171 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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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 1925
Margin	Records
0 to 10	90
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1