Weather Records on 3 January 1941

595 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 1941. Highest significance: Glen Dee, AU.

Key Facts for 3 January 1941

On 3 January 1941, 595 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 554 daily.
Glen Dee set an all-time record daily precipitation of 152.4 mm (6.0 in) on 3 January 1941.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

595 stations

595 station records on 3 January 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glen Dee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Wakool (Calimo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Warbreccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaaring Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cowra Ag Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaaring (Urisino)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bogan Gate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jeir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Binalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Copley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tilpa (Tongo Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winbar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgandramine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gunbower Gee Tee Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Curraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Playfair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gongolgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Narra Allen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Frogmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Pomeroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowning (Wanganui)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dundullimal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rye Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ruffy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rochdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Woodlands 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gurley (Glenroy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurama (Gallymont (Homeleig	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berthong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Wertaloona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parragundy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan (Merryanbone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Narrawa (Hollywood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

595 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 423, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 3 January 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	423
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 3 January 1941 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 30, daily 554.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

557 broken records

Margins by which the 557 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 1941

Top 20 records on 3 January 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 1941	Glen Dee, AU	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	75 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1941	Wakool (Calimo), AU	all-time rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1941	Warbreccan, AU	all-time rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1941	Young Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1941	Warren (Haddon Rig), AU	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1941	Norley Station, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1941	Wanaaring Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1941	Cowra Ag Research Station, AU	monthly rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1941	Wanaaring (Urisino), AU	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1941	Lyndhurst Post Office, AU	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1941	Bogan Gate Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1941	Crookwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1941	Ravensfield, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1941	Picton Council Depot, AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1941	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1941	Jeir, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1941	Binalong Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1941	Murringo Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1941	Beltana, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1941	Copley, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	50 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

1794 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1941. 1941 had 595 records.

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

Records on 01-03 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1798	1
1800	1
1823	2
1825	1
1830	2
1839	1
1848	1
1853	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	1
1867	2
1868	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	4
1887	5
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1899	2
1900	15
1901	4
1902	15
1903	17
1904	51
1905	12
1906	13
1907	26
1908	8
1909	11
1910	23
1911	40
1912	26
1913	83
1914	33
1915	29
1916	60
1917	52
1918	80
1919	54
1920	31
1921	139
1922	80
1923	46
1924	222
1925	139
1926	268
1927	235
1928	412
1929	58
1930	160
1931	100
1932	167
1933	160
1934	208
1935	249
1936	404
1937	291
1938	139
1939	498
1940	312
1941	595
1942	505
1943	508
1944	361
1945	148
1946	171
1947	662
1948	462
1949	910
1950	2,025
1951	459
1952	587
1953	241
1954	370
1955	443
1956	188
1957	177
1958	326
1959	861
1960	431
1961	543
1962	802
1963	494
1964	513
1965	492
1966	885
1967	247
1968	582
1969	516
1970	749
1971	1,280
1972	313
1973	623
1974	1,010
1975	710
1976	524
1977	790
1978	745
1979	2,417
1980	470
1981	1,401
1982	1,380
1983	921
1984	983
1985	739
1986	676
1987	843
1988	1,034
1989	740
1990	467
1991	1,077
1992	1,200
1993	910
1994	902
1995	726
1996	2,085
1997	3,676
1998	1,434
1999	1,568
2000	2,063
2001	1,385
2002	1,307
2003	981
2004	1,406
2005	1,157
2006	1,472
2007	1,396
2008	948
2009	682
2010	1,337
2011	681
2012	956
2013	496
2014	1,029
2015	869
2016	605
2017	1,053
2018	1,444
2019	474
2020	772
2021	476
2022	989
2023	1,318
2024	734
2025	653
2026	902

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Data for records on 1941-01-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 20	404
20 to 40	107
40 to 60	35
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1