Weather Records on 3 December 1970

1,247 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 1970. Highest significance: Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US.

Key Facts for 3 December 1970

On 3 December 1970, 1,247 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
720 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 72 monthly and 1,174 daily.
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission set a daily record snowfall of 21.6 cm (8.5 in) on 3 December 1970.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

1,247 stations

1,247 station records on 3 December 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 December 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cushman Dam	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Honomu Mauka 138	United States	Record daily precipitation	278.1 mm (10.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palmiet, Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	269.0 mm (10.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Calistoga	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rock 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emery	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goldendale	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Amhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Shand Dam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brule Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stettler	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland Station	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brule Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deadwood Dam	United States	Record snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cushman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Casuarina Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,247 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 482, Lowest daily maximum 101, Highest daily minimum 238, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 121, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 3 December 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	482
Lowest daily maximum	101
Highest daily minimum	238
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	121
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 3 December 1970 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 72, daily 1,174.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

952 broken records

Margins by which the 952 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 1970

Top 20 records on 3 December 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 1970	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1970	Cushman Dam, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1970	Ashland Exp Farm, US	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1970	Ritzville 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1970	Honomu Mauka 138, US	daily rain	278.1 mm (10.9 in)	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1970	Palmiet, Kokstad, ZA	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1970	Bonners Ferry, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1970	Gore Bay, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1970	Zinder, NE	all-time low max	15.4 C (59.7 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1970	Ashland Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1970	Papaikou 144.1, US	daily rain	269.0 mm (10.6 in)	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1970	Calistoga, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1970	Rock 1 E, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1970	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1970	Pilger, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1970	Happy Camp Rs, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1970	E Tawas, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1970	Emery, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1970	Mt Adams Rs, US	daily snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1970	Goldendale, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 years	41 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

1793 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1970. 1970 had 1,247 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 100	926
100 to 200	17
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2