Weather Records on 3 December 1933

486 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 1933. Highest significance: Mooralla (Woodleigh), AU.

Key Facts for 3 December 1933

On 3 December 1933, 486 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
274 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 477 daily.
Mooralla (Woodleigh) set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 3 December 1933.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

486 stations

486 station records on 3 December 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 December 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mooralla (Woodleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winiam Clear Bank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goroke (Kangawall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Longerenong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paika	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.5 C (-30.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.2 C (-29.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kenmare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Hindmarsh South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Mount Pleasant Obs.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burrabogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meilman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gerang Gerung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Natimuk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

486 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 162, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 December 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 December 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 477.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

382 broken records

Margins by which the 382 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 1933

Top 20 records on 3 December 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 1933	Mooralla (Woodleigh), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1933	Bellbrook (East Street), AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1933	Winiam Clear Bank, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1933	Karnak (Rosedale), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1933	Charam, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1933	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1933	Warsaw, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1933	Le Claire, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1933	Delegate River, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1933	Coleraine Hospital, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1933	Glenlee, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1933	Merino, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1933	Dimboola, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1933	Casterton Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1933	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1933	Douglas, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1933	Canary Island, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1933	Goroke (Kangawall), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1933	Longerenong, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1933	Portland, AU	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	36 years	31 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1933. 1933 had 486 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 10	327
10 to 20	34
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1