Weather Records on 3 October 1959

704 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 1959. Highest significance: Mohanpur, IN.

Key Facts for 3 October 1959

On 3 October 1959, 704 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 301 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 673 daily.
Mohanpur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 100.3 mm (3.9 in) on 3 October 1959.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

704 stations

704 station records on 3 October 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mohanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Padrauna	India	Record daily precipitation	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	168.2 mm (6.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Azimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sepaya	India	Record daily precipitation	257.2 mm (10.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Borio	India	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Reedy Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gobindpur	India	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bateman Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Khargram	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Motihari	India	Record daily precipitation	102.3 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chauradano	India	Record daily precipitation	191.5 mm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Amarpara	India	Record daily precipitation	187.2 mm (7.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Basirhat	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hata	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ixmiquilpan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quipolly Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bankura Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Millers Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deoria	India	Record daily precipitation	133.1 mm (5.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hiranpur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

704 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 183, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 118, Heaviest daily rainfall 275, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 3 October 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	183
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	118
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 3 October 1959 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 29, daily 673.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

579 broken records

Margins by which the 579 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 1959

Top 20 records on 3 October 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 1959	Mohanpur, IN	monthly rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1959	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1959	Brewarrina (Talawanta), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1959	Padrauna, IN	daily rain	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1959	Manassa, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1959	Silverton, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1959	Bhagalpur, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1959	Dumka, IN	daily rain	168.2 mm (6.6 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1959	Azimganj, IN	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1959	Breckenridge, US	monthly rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1959	Ozark, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1959	Orion, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1959	Cobar (Tambua), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1959	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	monthly high max	24.2 C (75.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1959	Sepaya, IN	all-time rain	257.2 mm (10.1 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1959	Del Norte 3ENE, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1959	Chama, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1959	Borio, IN	daily rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1959	Reedy Creek Station, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1959	Gobindpur, IN	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 years	44 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 1959. 1959 had 704 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 1959-10-03: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	542
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1