Weather Records on 3 December 1974

661 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 1974. Highest significance: Wytheville, US.

Key Facts for 3 December 1974

On 3 December 1974, 661 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
160 were record highs and 173 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 647 daily.
Wytheville set a daily record snow depth of 35.6 cm (14.0 in) on 3 December 1974.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

661 stations

661 station records on 3 December 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 December 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wytheville	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hiram	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Millersburg	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paloma	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Miramichi A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caico	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Gargalheiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Olinda (Andreza)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Joli A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bergville (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Los Banos Arburua Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Joli A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sawoti	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gary	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Varzea	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nongoma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester Airport 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flat Top	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hernandez 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao Do Tigre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coalinga	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jane Lew	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

661 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 93.

Records on 3 December 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	93

Records on 3 December 1974 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 647.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

549 broken records

Margins by which the 549 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 1974

Top 20 records on 3 December 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 1974	Wytheville, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 December 1974	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 December 1974	Wooster Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	63 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 December 1974	Port Aux Basques, CA	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 December 1974	Hiram, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 December 1974	Millersburg, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1974	Bellefontaine, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1974	Tiffin, US	all-time snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1974	Boone, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1974	Merced, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1974	Paloma, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1974	Chippewa Lake, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	9 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1974	Cape Don, AU	daily rain	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1974	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	10.5 C (50.9 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	135 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1974	King City, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1974	Bayard, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1974	Miramichi A, CA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1974	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1974	Caico, BR	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1974	Acude Gargalheiras, BR	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	44 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1974. 1974 had 661 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	483
50 to 100	38
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	6