Weather Records on 3 October 1947

725 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 1947. Highest significance: Mornington, AU.

Key Facts for 3 October 1947

On 3 October 1947, 725 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
244 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 663 daily.
Mornington set a daily record precipitation of 45.5 mm (1.8 in) on 3 October 1947.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

725 stations

725 station records on 3 October 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Toorak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Terrick Terrick Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Balliang East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wonthaggi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burnley Richmond Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yarra River (Yarra Glen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Balliang East (Chesney)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albilbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Koo Wee Rup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Emmet Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Little River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canterbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burnley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg (Rosanna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meja	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
French Island (Tankerton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ruthven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Longwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Makrai	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bijeraghogarh	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whittlesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khol	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chas	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dug (Dag)	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

725 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 194, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 419, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 October 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	194
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	419
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 October 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 62, daily 663.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

621 broken records

Margins by which the 621 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 1947

Top 20 records on 3 October 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 1947	Mornington, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1947	Clyde State School, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1947	Dromana, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1947	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1947	Essendon 1, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1947	Toorak, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1947	Murrumbeena Leeds Grove, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1947	Preston Reservoir, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1947	Bacchus Marsh, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1947	Terrick Terrick Stud, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1947	Hawthorn, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1947	Inverloch, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1947	Caulfield (Racecourse), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1947	Somerton, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1947	Balliang East, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1947	Kew, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1947	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1947	Wonthaggi, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1947	Keilor (Arundel), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1947	Werribee Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)

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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 1947. 1947 had 725 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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Data for records on 1947-10-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 October 1947
Margin	Records
0 to 10	487
10 to 20	77
20 to 30	40
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2