Weather Records on 3 December 1934

270 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 1934. Highest significance: Hampton, US.

Key Facts for 3 December 1934

On 3 December 1934, 270 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 265 daily.
Hampton set a daily record snow depth of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 3 December 1934.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

270 stations

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

Weather records on 3 December 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record snow depth	129.5 cm (51.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record snow depth	254.0 cm (100.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	203.2 cm (80.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kiruna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

270 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 3 December 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 3 December 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 265.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

232 broken records

Margins by which the 232 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1295.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 1934

Top 20 records on 3 December 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 1934	Hampton, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1934	Corning, US	daily snow depth	129.5 cm (51.0 in)	129.5 cm (51.0 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1934	Waterloo, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1934	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1934	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1934	Oconto 4 W, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1934	Ironwood, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1934	Oskaloosa, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1934	Rock Rapids, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	7 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1934	Millerton, US	monthly snow depth	254.0 cm (100.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1934	Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1934	Minneapolis Wb Dwtn, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1934	White River, CA	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	41 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1934	Minneapolis Wb Dwtn, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1934	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1934	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1934	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily low min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	43 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1934	Scottsburg, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1934	Ames 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	203.2 cm (80.0 in)	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1934	Washington, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.3 cm (2.9 in)	24 years	25 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1934. 1934 had 270 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 200	226
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	2
1200 to 1400	1