Weather Records on 3 November 1952

404 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 November 1952. Highest significance: Odesa, UA.

Key Facts for 3 November 1952

On 3 November 1952, 404 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 396 daily.
Odesa set a monthly record daily precipitation of 48.2 mm (1.9 in) on 3 November 1952.
Across 155 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

404 stations

404 station records on 3 November 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 November 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bakhtiarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Telkwa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dalu	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
South Springfield (South Sprin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bateman Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Smythesdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caveside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amersfoort (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bateman Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kulikuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rolfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-29.8 C (-21.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Castlemaine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bilasipara	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Araria	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sultanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Martenshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guildford Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Balook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dinhata	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kommissiepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brid Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chute Aux Galets	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.7 C (7.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.7 C (-5.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Renison Bell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

404 records

Records set or tied on 3 November 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 November 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 November 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 396.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

356 broken records

Margins by which the 356 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 November 1952

Top 20 records on 3 November 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 November 1952	Odesa, UA	monthly rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 November 1952	Bakhtiarpur, IN	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1952	Nikolaev, UA	monthly rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1952	Kangaroo Hills Station, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1952	Telkwa, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1952	Jamieson, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1952	Cavendish (Post Office), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1952	Dalu, IN	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1952	Atherton Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1952	Trentham (Post Office), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1952	South Springfield (South Sprin, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1952	Bateman Rch, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1952	Smythesdale, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1952	Campbell Town Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1952	Zeehan Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1952	Caveside, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1952	Amersfoort (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1952	Bateman Rch, US	monthly rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1952	Waratah (Mount Road), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 November 1952	Kulikuchi, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	32 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

1821 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1952. 1952 had 404 records.

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

Records on 11-03 in each year
Year	Records
1821	2
1828	1
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	1
1851	1
1857	1
1858	7
1862	1
1864	1
1875	5
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	8
1897	3
1898	6
1899	10
1900	6
1901	6
1902	5
1903	19
1904	22
1905	11
1906	13
1907	28
1908	19
1909	17
1910	21
1911	39
1912	112
1913	35
1914	41
1915	19
1916	22
1917	36
1918	16
1919	74
1920	38
1921	35
1922	85
1923	123
1924	136
1925	107
1926	188
1927	343
1928	236
1929	352
1930	154
1931	279
1932	466
1933	398
1934	571
1935	968
1936	1,217
1937	309
1938	1,019
1939	584
1940	285
1941	214
1942	303
1943	172
1944	498
1945	333
1946	1,017
1947	457
1948	416
1949	565
1950	482
1951	2,288
1952	404
1953	351
1954	693
1955	522
1956	781
1957	453
1958	274
1959	472
1960	239
1961	1,007
1962	438
1963	271
1964	719
1965	522
1966	1,373
1967	588
1968	471
1969	568
1970	551
1971	666
1972	636
1973	903
1974	929
1975	1,066
1976	719
1977	767
1978	1,197
1979	630
1980	1,031
1981	876
1982	826
1983	1,254
1984	624
1985	725
1986	491
1987	1,148
1988	915
1989	615
1990	1,114
1991	3,969
1992	1,158
1993	653
1994	1,227
1995	1,078
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	789
1999	808
2000	851
2001	587
2002	1,376
2003	1,914
2004	1,356
2005	1,576
2006	1,065
2007	642
2008	1,011
2009	688
2010	718
2011	765
2012	605
2013	515
2014	639
2015	1,123
2016	941
2017	871
2018	405
2019	303
2020	1,688
2021	352
2022	869
2023	714
2024	703
2025	525

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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 50	350
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1