Weather Records on 3 December 1969

395 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 1969. Highest significance: Collingwood, CA.

Key Facts for 3 December 1969

On 3 December 1969, 395 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 389 daily.
Collingwood set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 3 December 1969.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

395 stations

395 station records on 3 December 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 December 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	102.0 cm (40.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aracatu (Sao Pedro)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pilao Arcado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Niagara Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paramirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stensele	Sweden	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Frostburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Liafoss	Norway	Record snow depth	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Reno Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dallas 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Espoey	France	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paratinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Palm Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wind River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gander Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ternej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.6 C (-17.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Erbent	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Citrus STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

395 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 3 December 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 3 December 1969 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 389.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

334 broken records

Margins by which the 334 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 370.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 1969

Top 20 records on 3 December 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 1969	Collingwood, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	99 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1969	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily snow depth	102.0 cm (40.2 in)	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1969	Lowville, US	daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1969	Aracatu (Sao Pedro), BR	all-time rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1969	Belle Isle, CA	daily high max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	82 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1969	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1969	Roldal, NO	daily snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1969	Flahult, SE	daily low min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	67 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1969	Belle Isle, CA	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	82 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1969	El Salto (Smn), MX	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1969	Mc Minnville, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1969	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily high min	23.6 C (74.5 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	63 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1969	Beerfelden, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1969	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	58 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1969	Corvallis State UNIV, US	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	63 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1969	Forks 1 E, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	62 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1969	Sterkfontein, ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1969	Cap Chat, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1969	Pilao Arcado, BR	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 December 1969	Niagara Falls, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	35 years	28 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1969. 1969 had 395 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1969-12-03: 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	314
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1