Weather Records on 3 January 1944

361 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 1944. Highest significance: Coraki Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 3 January 1944

On 3 January 1944, 361 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 352 daily.
Coraki Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 147.3 mm (5.8 in) on 3 January 1944.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

361 stations

361 station records on 3 January 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Norfolk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Old Beach (Compton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Seymour (Overton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg 3 SE Unity	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springdale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Geeveston Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Killora (Grasmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vandergrift	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glass House Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Illawarra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bloserville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Petcheys Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kalkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kaallaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

361 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 208, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 3 January 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 3 January 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 352.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

316 broken records

Margins by which the 316 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 121.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 1944

Top 20 records on 3 January 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 1944	Coraki Post Office, AU	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1944	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1944	Williamsburg 2 NW, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1944	Heerde, NL	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1944	Denekamp, NL	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1944	New Norfolk, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1944	Old Beach (Compton), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1944	Germiston-Fj Payne Park, ZA	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1944	Scotland Neck, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1944	Mount Seymour (Overton), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1944	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1944	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1944	Greensburg 3 SE Unity, US	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1944	Baltimore Customs House, US	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1944	Lindisfarne, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1944	Springdale, CA	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1944	Beaufort, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1944	Geeveston Police Station, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1944	Killora (Grasmere), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1944	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	31 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

1794 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1944. 1944 had 361 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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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	287
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1