Weather Records on 3 October 1928

213 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 1928. Highest significance: Yarram, AU.

Key Facts for 3 October 1928

On 3 October 1928, 213 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
25 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 206 daily.
Yarram set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 3 October 1928.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

213 stations

213 station records on 3 October 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone (Booyoolee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Welshpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Childers	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Serviceton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Kooringa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra (Worlds End)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yatina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

213 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 172, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 October 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 October 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 206.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

196 broken records

Margins by which the 196 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 1928

Top 20 records on 3 October 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 1928	Yarram, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1928	Goulds Country Post Office, AU	monthly rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1928	Gumeracha, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1928	Gladstone (Booyoolee), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1928	Gladstone, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1928	Crystal Brook, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1928	Echunga Golf Course, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1928	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1928	Blackwarry, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1928	Welshpool, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1928	Pocahontas 1, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1928	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1928	Caltowie, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1928	Clare (Hill River), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1928	Bathurst Gaol, AU	monthly low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1928	Lyndoch, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1928	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1928	Mintaro, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1928	Uraidla, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1928	Woodside, AU	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	31 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 1928. 1928 had 213 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 2026-10-17 (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 10	155
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1