Weather Records on 3 January 1967

247 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 1967. Highest significance: Silverton, ZA.

Key Facts for 3 January 1967

On 3 January 1967, 247 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 241 daily.
Silverton set a daily record precipitation of 61.5 mm (2.4 in) on 3 January 1967.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

247 stations

247 station records on 3 January 1967 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 1967: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Silverton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Estrada de Cunha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Neverset	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Luiz Do Quitunde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Klipspruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bovenlandsplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Delareyville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tafjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Middelkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaalplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rietpan II	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashcroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Isla Perez	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fielden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Florisbad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Werk-Met-Lus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Slurry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lumber City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Theunissen (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goedemoed	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mmabatho Arpt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Neah Bay 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Thadikarekonam	India	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grootkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rietpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Conshohocken	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rietfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Chetyrehstol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

247 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 1967 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 132, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 3 January 1967 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 3 January 1967 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 241.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

200 broken records

Margins by which the 200 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 1967

Top 20 records on 3 January 1967 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 1967	Silverton, ZA	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1967	Lichtenburg, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1967	Estrada de Cunha, BR	daily rain	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1967	Neverset, ZA	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1967	Palmyra, ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1967	Sao Luiz Do Quitunde, BR	daily rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1967	Klipspruit, ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1967	Eagle Harbor, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1967	Fleming, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	65 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1967	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	75 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1967	Nullagine, AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1967	Emerson, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	67 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1967	Minneapolis, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1967	Bovenlandsplaats, ZA	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1967	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	64 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1967	Concordia ASOS, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1967	Roodepoort, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1967	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1967	Delareyville (Mun), ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1967	Ottoshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	29 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

1794 to 1967

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1967. 1967 had 247 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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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 20	158
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1