Weather Records on 3 December 1943

290 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 1943. Highest significance: Condamine Plains, AU.

Key Facts for 3 December 1943

On 3 December 1943, 290 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 272 daily.
Condamine Plains set a daily record precipitation of 69.3 mm (2.7 in) on 3 December 1943.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

290 stations

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

Weather records on 3 December 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cananeia G4-001	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laredo	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valley of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milnes Landing	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wahluke	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chama	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Otto FAA AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Echo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

290 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 70, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 3 December 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	70
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 3 December 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 272.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

229 broken records

Margins by which the 229 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 1943

Top 20 records on 3 December 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 1943	Condamine Plains, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1943	Brownsville, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1943	Astoria, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1943	Lake Keechelus, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1943	Cananeia G4-001, BR	daily rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1943	Sarita 7 E, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1943	Laredo, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1943	Lake Wenatchee, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1943	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1943	Longmire Rainier Nps, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1943	Valley of Lagoons, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1943	Avon Downs, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1943	Milnes Landing, CA	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1943	Lake Kachess, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1943	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1943	Portland Rfc City, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1943	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1943	Stehekin 4 NW, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1943	Conconully, US	monthly high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	42 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1943	Emerson, CA	daily high max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	65 years	26 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1943. 1943 had 290 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 10	192
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	5