Weather Records on 3 November 1942

303 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 November 1942. Highest significance: Agartala, IN.

Key Facts for 3 November 1942

On 3 November 1942, 303 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 294 daily.
Agartala set a monthly record daily precipitation of 120.1 mm (4.7 in) on 3 November 1942.
Across 155 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

303 stations

303 station records on 3 November 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 November 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee (Rangers Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paupong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Panban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kukicherra	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valapady	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oak City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wondai Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Folsom	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cochin	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Honomanu 450	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kunderang East (Kenebree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tilba Tilba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ituacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

303 records

Records set or tied on 3 November 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 198, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 3 November 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 3 November 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 294.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

263 broken records

Margins by which the 263 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 November 1942

Top 20 records on 3 November 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 November 1942	Agartala, IN	monthly rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1942	Buffelsfontein 14, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1942	Molteno (Mun), ZA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1942	Sterkstroom (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1942	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1942	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1942	Cobargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1942	Lares, PR	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1942	Batemans Bay Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1942	Yardley Chase, ZA	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1942	Sierraville Rs, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1942	College STN 6 SW, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1942	Creston, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1942	Dundee (Rangers Valley), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1942	Beaudesert Cryna, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1942	Englesberg Village, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1942	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1942	Deepwater Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1942	Paupong Station, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1942	Auburn, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	32 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

1821 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1942. 1942 had 303 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 20	224
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2