Weather Records on 3 September 1966

387 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1966. Highest significance: Mt Pulaski, US.

Key Facts for 3 September 1966

On 3 September 1966, 387 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 374 daily.
Mt Pulaski set a daily record precipitation of 69.1 mm (2.7 in) on 3 September 1966.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

387 stations

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

Weather records on 3 September 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ujar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Uybat	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Papane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thalipilly	India	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nqadu Heights (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jactial	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chintapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orangeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cemal	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Piracicaba (Cpef)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manor Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elsberry 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chittur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ralston	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Struishoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nkobongo (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ponca City	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Telpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spearman	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adilabad	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sompeta	India	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nidamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Qunu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sebeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rotan	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

387 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 254, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 3 September 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1966 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 374.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

349 broken records

Margins by which the 349 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1966

Top 20 records on 3 September 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1966	Mt Pulaski, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1966	Ionia 2SSW, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1966	Notinsila (Bos), ZA	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1966	Ujar, RU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1966	Uybat, RU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1966	Papane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1966	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1966	Thalipilly, IN	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1966	Nqadu Heights (Bos), ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1966	Jactial, IN	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1966	Chintapalli, IN	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1966	Vajda-Guba, RU	daily low min	-3.1 C (26.4 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1966	Eskdalemuir, GB	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1966	Greenville 2 NNE, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1966	Stewart, CA	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1966	Orangeville, CA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	69 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1966	Begumpet Obsy, IN	daily rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1966	Cemal, RU	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1966	Grand Haven Fire Dept, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1966	Prospect, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	36 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

1811 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1966. 1966 had 387 records.

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

Records on 09-03 in each year
Year	Records
1811	1
1823	1
1835	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1880	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	3
1898	8
1899	1
1900	3
1901	3
1902	3
1903	4
1904	12
1905	22
1906	14
1907	13
1908	10
1909	22
1910	28
1911	87
1912	76
1913	21
1914	14
1915	20
1916	32
1917	20
1918	135
1919	68
1920	65
1921	116
1922	51
1923	134
1924	189
1925	290
1926	225
1927	67
1928	302
1929	431
1930	120
1931	429
1932	411
1933	270
1934	587
1935	453
1936	342
1937	774
1938	336
1939	656
1940	213
1941	406
1942	451
1943	286
1944	282
1945	404
1946	524
1947	1,515
1948	453
1949	281
1950	654
1951	455
1952	823
1953	846
1954	350
1955	492
1956	482
1957	315
1958	539
1959	380
1960	462
1961	996
1962	415
1963	295
1964	422
1965	472
1966	387
1967	901
1968	378
1969	516
1970	566
1971	570
1972	691
1973	766
1974	2,122
1975	530
1976	795
1977	542
1978	635
1979	755
1980	517
1981	518
1982	699
1983	947
1984	838
1985	983
1986	735
1987	666
1988	1,224
1989	723
1990	773
1991	782
1992	1,127
1993	1,226
1994	1,249
1995	1,409
1996	683
1997	1,274
1998	1,333
1999	1,520
2000	1,722
2001	799
2002	605
2003	1,259
2004	704
2005	727
2006	1,512
2007	1,032
2008	1,183
2009	801
2010	1,204
2011	1,252
2012	944
2013	694
2014	535
2015	760
2016	833
2017	1,122
2018	680
2019	644
2020	756
2021	493
2022	1,587
2023	969
2024	851
2025	533
2026	1,240

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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	268
10 to 20	47
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1