Weather Records on 3 December 1947

814 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 1947. Highest significance: Lottah, AU.

Key Facts for 3 December 1947

On 3 December 1947, 814 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 779 daily.
Lottah set a monthly record daily precipitation of 127.5 mm (5.0 in) on 3 December 1947.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

814 stations

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

Weather records on 3 December 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lottah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Appila	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Zoetvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta (Nectar Brook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marquard - Pol 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hoosier Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Clive Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chain of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Serrinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brid Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bolinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Verde (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Redesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tingha (Crystal Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lekkervlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Condeuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riddells Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Evandale (Ridgeside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone (Booyoolee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ardlethan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroolin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Castro Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

814 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 611, Heaviest daily snowfall 57, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 3 December 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	611
Heaviest daily snowfall	57
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 3 December 1947 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 35, daily 779.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

749 broken records

Margins by which the 749 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 1947

Top 20 records on 3 December 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 1947	Lottah, AU	monthly rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1947	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1947	Appila, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1947	Sunbury (Salesian College ), AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1947	Zoetvlei, ZA	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1947	Pawnee City, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1947	Port Augusta (Nectar Brook), AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1947	Reitz 36, ZA	daily rain	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1947	Ottawa, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1947	Wingaroo, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1947	Coldwater, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1947	Moorina (Frome Dam), AU	monthly rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1947	Norwich, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1947	Goulds Country Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1947	Hobart Muni AP, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1947	Snowtown, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1947	Bingara (Derra Derra), AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1947	Marquard - Pol 29, ZA	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1947	Hoosier Rch, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1947	St Marys (Clive Street), AU	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	6 years	46 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

1793 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1947. 1947 had 814 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 20	615
20 to 40	91
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	7
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	2