Weather Records on 3 November 1934

571 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 November 1934. Highest significance: Perpignan, FR.

Key Facts for 3 November 1934

On 3 November 1934, 571 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 555 daily.
Perpignan set a monthly record daily precipitation of 171.3 mm (6.7 in) on 3 November 1934.
Across 155 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

571 stations

571 station records on 3 November 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 November 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	171.3 mm (6.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alibag-Cvl.Hosp.	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Sec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ahwa	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olin	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nasik	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Junnar	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baxter	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gorin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Niphad	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aledo	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Edalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

571 records

Records set or tied on 3 November 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 429, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 3 November 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	429
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 3 November 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 555.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

507 broken records

Margins by which the 507 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 70.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 November 1934

Top 20 records on 3 November 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 November 1934	Perpignan, FR	monthly rain	171.3 mm (6.7 in)	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1934	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1934	Columbus Junction, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1934	Waverly, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1934	Audubon, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1934	Madison Wb City, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1934	Iowa Falls, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1934	Fairfield, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1934	Winterset 4N, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1934	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1934	Alibag-Cvl.Hosp., IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1934	Geelong Sec, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1934	Ahwa, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1934	Sycamore, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1934	Grundy Ctr, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1934	Tipton, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1934	Washington, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1934	Dewan, IN	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1934	Fond du Lac Wwtp, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1934	Olin, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)

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

1821 to 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1934. 1934 had 571 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-03 in each year
Year	Records
1821	2
1828	1
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	1
1851	1
1857	1
1858	7
1862	1
1864	1
1875	5
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	8
1897	3
1898	6
1899	10
1900	6
1901	6
1902	5
1903	19
1904	22
1905	11
1906	13
1907	28
1908	19
1909	17
1910	21
1911	39
1912	112
1913	35
1914	41
1915	19
1916	22
1917	36
1918	16
1919	74
1920	38
1921	35
1922	85
1923	123
1924	136
1925	107
1926	188
1927	343
1928	236
1929	352
1930	154
1931	279
1932	466
1933	398
1934	571
1935	968
1936	1,217
1937	309
1938	1,019
1939	584
1940	285
1941	214
1942	303
1943	172
1944	498
1945	333
1946	1,017
1947	457
1948	416
1949	565
1950	482
1951	2,288
1952	404
1953	351
1954	693
1955	522
1956	781
1957	453
1958	274
1959	472
1960	239
1961	1,007
1962	438
1963	271
1964	719
1965	522
1966	1,373
1967	588
1968	471
1969	568
1970	551
1971	666
1972	636
1973	903
1974	929
1975	1,066
1976	719
1977	767
1978	1,197
1979	630
1980	1,031
1981	876
1982	826
1983	1,254
1984	624
1985	725
1986	491
1987	1,148
1988	915
1989	615
1990	1,114
1991	3,969
1992	1,158
1993	653
1994	1,227
1995	1,078
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	789
1999	808
2000	851
2001	587
2002	1,376
2003	1,914
2004	1,356
2005	1,576
2006	1,065
2007	642
2008	1,011
2009	688
2010	718
2011	765
2012	605
2013	515
2014	639
2015	1,123
2016	941
2017	871
2018	405
2019	303
2020	1,688
2021	352
2022	869
2023	714
2024	703
2025	525

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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	318
10 to 20	112
20 to 30	53
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	4