Weather Records on 3 October 1949

426 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 1949. Highest significance: Angleton 2 W, US.

Key Facts for 3 October 1949

On 3 October 1949, 426 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 418 daily.
Angleton 2 W set a daily record precipitation of 152.7 mm (6.0 in) on 3 October 1949.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

426 stations

426 station records on 3 October 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mole Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mathoura (Mathoura Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ora Banda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Primrose Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Calimo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Kanownda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Perdeberg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wymah (Gwandallen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wooragee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Junee Reefs (Noorla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eurongilly (Bundaleer)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calivil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Buffalo Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dodson 6 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riddells Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wynyard State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Himatnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barjarg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wattlegrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Basudevpur (Eram)	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bethungra (Retreat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tolmie State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Raigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

426 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 270.

Records on 3 October 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 October 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 418.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

351 broken records

Margins by which the 351 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 143.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 1949

Top 20 records on 3 October 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 1949	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1949	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1949	Mole Creek, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1949	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1949	Mathoura (Mathoura Station), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1949	Ora Banda, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1949	Primrose Park, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1949	Wakool (Calimo), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1949	Matagorda #2, US	daily rain	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1949	Boggabri (Kanownda), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1949	Perdeberg (Sar), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1949	Bee Branch, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1949	Poplar Bluff, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1949	Frankfort Disposal, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1949	Salamonia, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1949	Wymah (Gwandallen), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1949	Liberty, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1949	Wooragee, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1949	Junee Reefs (Noorla), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1949	Nordby (Fano), DK	monthly high min	14.5 C (58.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	63 years	35 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 1949. 1949 had 426 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 20	315
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1