Weather Records on 3 December 1968

646 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 1968. Highest significance: Snoqualmie Falls, US.

Key Facts for 3 December 1968

On 3 December 1968, 646 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 262 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 634 daily.
Snoqualmie Falls set a daily record precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 3 December 1968.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

646 stations

646 station records on 3 December 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 December 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Douglas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hlobane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holualoa Beach 68	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bernalillo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Achisaj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Duvan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.2 C (-22.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Floraville Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnoufimsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-34.1 C (-29.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zlatoust	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.5 C (-44.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aksakovo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.8 C (-16.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.5 C (-44.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canungra Finch Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-38.1 C (-36.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zlatoust	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sterlitamak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.9 C (-16.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.4 C (-35.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vryheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Midvale	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alma Bacon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alcozauca (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.3 cm (13.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-28.5 C (-19.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

646 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 155, Heaviest daily rainfall 262, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 3 December 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	155
Heaviest daily rainfall	262
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 3 December 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 634.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

557 broken records

Margins by which the 557 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 December 1968

Top 20 records on 3 December 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 1968	Snoqualmie Falls, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1968	Oatlands, ZA	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1968	Saint Johns, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1968	Mt Douglas, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1968	Seattle Urban Site, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1968	Columbia, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1968	Hlobane, ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1968	Yemassee 1 N, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1968	Holualoa Beach 68, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1968	Cuautla (Smn), MX	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1968	Mountain View, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1968	Mountain View, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1968	Bernalillo, US	daily low min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	70 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1968	Banff, CA	daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1968	Achisaj, KZ	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1968	Fleming, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1968	Landsburg, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1968	Pine Hill Railway Station, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	78 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1968	Pekisko, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1968	Duvan, RU	daily low max	-30.2 C (-22.4 F)	17.2 C (31.0 F)	24 years	34 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

1793 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1968. 1968 had 646 records.

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

Records on 12-03 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1797	1
1801	1
1807	1
1810	1
1816	1
1828	1
1829	2
1831	1
1832	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	3
1856	4
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1870	2
1872	3
1873	1
1875	4
1876	3
1879	8
1882	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	9
1902	13
1903	9
1904	5
1905	33
1906	23
1907	2
1908	4
1909	45
1910	8
1911	12
1912	23
1913	66
1914	74
1915	19
1916	153
1917	34
1918	29
1919	88
1920	44
1921	128
1922	68
1923	58
1924	89
1925	152
1926	189
1927	247
1928	79
1929	651
1930	131
1931	352
1932	528
1933	486
1934	270
1935	267
1936	379
1937	284
1938	347
1939	443
1940	1,023
1941	1,141
1942	595
1943	290
1944	284
1945	194
1946	443
1947	814
1948	419
1949	177
1950	689
1951	881
1952	242
1953	804
1954	493
1955	763
1956	679
1957	211
1958	583
1959	372
1960	577
1961	342
1962	923
1963	331
1964	824
1965	308
1966	1,076
1967	859
1968	646
1969	395
1970	1,247
1971	999
1972	890
1973	778
1974	661
1975	638
1976	1,315
1977	681
1978	1,406
1979	959
1980	1,128
1981	644
1982	3,010
1983	1,255
1984	645
1985	2,305
1986	801
1987	682
1988	672
1989	1,064
1990	1,178
1991	1,521
1992	776
1993	670
1994	664
1995	725
1996	694
1997	854
1998	1,969
1999	982
2000	759
2001	604
2002	977
2003	519
2004	739
2005	1,140
2006	1,167
2007	793
2008	804
2009	1,124
2010	1,879
2011	852
2012	1,355
2013	799
2014	510
2015	533
2016	347
2017	669
2018	1,043
2019	490
2020	409
2021	1,364
2022	448
2023	810
2024	709
2025	578

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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 50	542
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1