Weather Records on 3 October 1930

184 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 1930. Highest significance: Camooweal Township, AU.

Key Facts for 3 October 1930

On 3 October 1930, 184 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 168 daily.
Camooweal Township set a monthly record daily precipitation of 65.3 mm (2.6 in) on 3 October 1930.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

184 stations

184 station records on 3 October 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Llanrheidol Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cork Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Millungera Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Diamantina Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birdsville Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cordillo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

184 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 106.

Records on 3 October 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	106
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 October 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 168.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

165 broken records

Margins by which the 165 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 1930

Top 20 records on 3 October 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 1930	Camooweal Township, AU	monthly rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1930	McKinlay Roadhouse, AU	monthly rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1930	Laura Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1930	Llanrheidol Station, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1930	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1930	Cloncurry McIllwraith St, AU	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1930	Kynuna, AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1930	Richmond Post Office, AU	monthly low max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1930	Winton Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1930	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low min	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1930	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1930	Cork Station, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1930	Karumba Pilot Station, AU	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1930	Innamincka Station, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1930	Croydon Township, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1930	Ayrshire Downs, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1930	Burketown Post Office, AU	monthly low max	24.9 C (76.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1930	Cheyenne Wells 2NE, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1930	Wray, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1930	Millerton, US	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	32 years	24 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 1930. 1930 had 184 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	130
10 to 20	22
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1