Weather Records on 3 November 1943

172 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 November 1943. Highest significance: Fallston, US.

Key Facts for 3 November 1943

On 3 November 1943, 172 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 166 daily.
Fallston set a daily record precipitation of 50.3 mm (2.0 in) on 3 November 1943.
Across 155 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

172 stations

172 station records on 3 November 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 November 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fallston	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blanchetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands (Bow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-25.3 C (-13.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murrayville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Takoma Park # 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hinton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan (Carwoola)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bool Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Donkerhoek (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Loxton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel Hill (Kundiewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Florence #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington (Springfield)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cowangie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sangli	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Yanyarrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yunta (Paratoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Waikerie (Ramco)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-20.3 C (-4.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

172 records

Records set or tied on 3 November 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 120, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 November 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 November 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 166.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

143 broken records

Margins by which the 143 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 November 1943

Top 20 records on 3 November 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 November 1943	Fallston, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1943	Blanchetown, AU	monthly rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1943	Oatlands (Bow Hill), AU	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1943	Grafton 1 NE, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	75 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1943	Islampur, IN	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1943	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1943	Clayton, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1943	Alvin, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1943	Cheltenham 1 NW, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1943	Austwell, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1943	Fredericksburg Np, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1943	Easton, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	48 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1943	Shirol, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1943	Coleman 3 WNW, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1943	Port Lincoln, AU	monthly low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1943	Atbasar, KZ	daily low min	-25.3 C (-13.5 F)	8.5 C (15.3 F)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1943	Luling, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1943	Philippi, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1943	Quorn (Depot Flat), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1943	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily high max	14.8 C (58.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	43 years	21 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1943. 1943 had 172 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 3 November 1943
Margin	Records
0 to 10	114
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1