Weather Records on 3 January 1966

885 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 1966. Highest significance: Palakonda, IN.

Key Facts for 3 January 1966

On 3 January 1966, 885 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
166 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 849 daily.
Palakonda set a monthly record daily precipitation of 90.0 mm (3.5 in) on 3 January 1966.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

885 stations

885 station records on 3 January 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bullfinch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Tamluk	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Newdegate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tihoreck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lake King	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chiloquin 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Biddelia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sompeta	India	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Baunsi	India	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chidlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Koonadgin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnerside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pundi	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boodarockin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bhimunipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waraseoni	India	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bodallin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Capel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tuni	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bruce Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthornden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boyatup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Graball	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mylor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wandi Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Graham Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Madden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dhanbad Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Carmody	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karonie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Friend	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Karlgarin Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bickleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indus	India	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Navarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Friend	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toodyay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wattening	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Darradup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

885 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 456, Heaviest daily snowfall 112, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 3 January 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	456
Heaviest daily snowfall	112
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 3 January 1966 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 29, daily 849.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

792 broken records

Margins by which the 792 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 1966

Top 20 records on 3 January 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 1966	Palakonda, IN	monthly rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1966	Kalingapatam, IN	monthly rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1966	Polavaram, IN	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1966	Bullfinch, AU	all-time rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1966	Tamluk, IN	monthly rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1966	Newdegate, AU	all-time rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1966	Tihoreck, RU	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1966	Lake King, AU	all-time rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	60 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1966	Chiloquin 1 E, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1966	Biddelia, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1966	Vishakhapatnam, IN	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1966	Sompeta, IN	daily rain	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1966	Baunsi, IN	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1966	Southern Cross, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1966	Bamboo Creek, AU	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1966	Chidlow, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1966	Koonadgin, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1966	Gunnerside, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1966	Pundi, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1966	Boodarockin, AU	monthly rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	54 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

1794 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1966. 1966 had 885 records.

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

Records on 01-03 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1798	1
1800	1
1823	2
1825	1
1830	2
1839	1
1848	1
1853	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	1
1867	2
1868	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	4
1887	5
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1899	2
1900	15
1901	4
1902	15
1903	17
1904	51
1905	12
1906	13
1907	26
1908	8
1909	11
1910	23
1911	40
1912	26
1913	83
1914	33
1915	29
1916	60
1917	52
1918	80
1919	54
1920	31
1921	139
1922	80
1923	46
1924	222
1925	139
1926	268
1927	235
1928	412
1929	58
1930	160
1931	100
1932	167
1933	160
1934	208
1935	249
1936	404
1937	291
1938	139
1939	498
1940	312
1941	595
1942	505
1943	508
1944	361
1945	148
1946	171
1947	662
1948	462
1949	910
1950	2,025
1951	459
1952	587
1953	241
1954	370
1955	443
1956	188
1957	177
1958	326
1959	861
1960	431
1961	543
1962	802
1963	494
1964	513
1965	492
1966	885
1967	247
1968	582
1969	516
1970	749
1971	1,280
1972	313
1973	623
1974	1,010
1975	710
1976	524
1977	790
1978	745
1979	2,417
1980	470
1981	1,401
1982	1,380
1983	921
1984	983
1985	739
1986	676
1987	843
1988	1,034
1989	740
1990	467
1991	1,077
1992	1,200
1993	910
1994	902
1995	726
1996	2,085
1997	3,676
1998	1,434
1999	1,568
2000	2,063
2001	1,385
2002	1,307
2003	981
2004	1,406
2005	1,157
2006	1,472
2007	1,396
2008	948
2009	682
2010	1,337
2011	681
2012	956
2013	496
2014	1,029
2015	869
2016	605
2017	1,053
2018	1,444
2019	474
2020	772
2021	476
2022	989
2023	1,318
2024	734
2025	653
2026	902

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Data for records on 1966-01-03: 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 100	751
100 to 200	28
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	5