Weather Records on 3 October 1946

296 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 1946. Highest significance: Coloso, PR.

Key Facts for 3 October 1946

On 3 October 1946, 296 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 292 daily.
Coloso set a monthly record daily precipitation of 143.8 mm (5.7 in) on 3 October 1946.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

296 stations

296 station records on 3 October 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Navalgund	India	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kindersley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palampur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saunur(Savnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Thalli	India	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gauribidanur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valangiman	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fogo	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kumbhakonam	India	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Peapalli(Pyapali)	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Badami	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ongole	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sarangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wolmada	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bagalkot	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mudhol	India	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Honnali	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vredefort (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hillside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fredrikstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscarora Andrae Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hattin	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oranje	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmaggie (the Laurels)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hindupur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ranebennur	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhavani	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Omalur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

296 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 109, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 3 October 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	109
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 October 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 292.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

239 broken records

Margins by which the 239 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 1946

Top 20 records on 3 October 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 1946	Coloso, PR	monthly rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1946	Navalgund, IN	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1946	Kindersley, CA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1946	Leeuwarden_1, NL	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1946	Palampur, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1946	Attur, IN	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1946	Saunur(Savnur), IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1946	Yercaud, IN	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1946	Thalli, IN	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1946	Myrup, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1946	Gauribidanur, IN	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1946	Valangiman, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1946	Fogo, CA	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	71 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1946	Kumbhakonam, IN	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1946	Peapalli(Pyapali), IN	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1946	Badami, IN	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1946	Kanpur, IN	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1946	Jhb-Turffontein, ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1946	Robe Comparison, AU	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1946	Ongole, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	27 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

1834 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 1946. 1946 had 296 records.

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

Records on 10-03 in each year
Year	Records
1834	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1859	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1890	3
1891	5
1893	4
1894	3
1895	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	6
1902	20
1903	3
1904	1
1905	7
1906	29
1907	5
1908	21
1909	13
1910	13
1911	22
1912	53
1913	17
1914	31
1915	13
1916	93
1917	77
1918	28
1919	46
1920	25
1921	82
1922	38
1923	46
1924	41
1925	171
1926	233
1927	335
1928	213
1929	223
1930	184
1931	256
1932	185
1933	178
1934	122
1935	423
1936	192
1937	386
1938	464
1939	352
1940	175
1941	662
1942	212
1943	306
1944	489
1945	521
1946	296
1947	725
1948	272
1949	426
1950	1,038
1951	706
1952	731
1953	645
1954	1,142
1955	426
1956	222
1957	469
1958	951
1959	704
1960	189
1961	804
1962	433
1963	431
1964	503
1965	281
1966	618
1967	610
1968	547
1969	624
1970	481
1971	511
1972	452
1973	613
1974	1,999
1975	809
1976	943
1977	480
1978	410
1979	573
1980	860
1981	1,138
1982	476
1983	648
1984	1,050
1985	1,013
1986	1,501
1987	1,324
1988	525
1989	906
1990	680
1991	862
1992	990
1993	926
1994	1,433
1995	1,249
1996	962
1997	1,085
1998	1,413
1999	1,683
2000	859
2001	846
2002	1,388
2003	1,107
2004	534
2005	1,406
2006	973
2007	872
2008	690
2009	1,322
2010	989
2011	1,024
2012	778
2013	856
2014	574
2015	824
2016	756
2017	1,064
2018	826
2019	1,427
2020	817
2021	635
2022	478
2023	1,024
2024	876
2025	733
2026	649

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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	187
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1