Weather Records on 3 January 1976

524 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 1976. Highest significance: Kareedoorn, ZA.

Key Facts for 3 January 1976

On 3 January 1976, 524 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 507 daily.
Kareedoorn set a monthly record daily precipitation of 101.0 mm (4.0 in) on 3 January 1976.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

524 stations

524 station records on 3 January 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kareedoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Petrusville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kyrylivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gaoua	Burkina Faso	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	200.4 mm (7.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uitsig	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clarke City	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ontonagon	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clarke City	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aughrabies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Schootefountain	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record snow depth	92.0 cm (36.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vosburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Enderby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record snow depth	142.0 cm (55.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Silverstreams	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newcomb 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	138.0 cm (54.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record snow depth	121.0 cm (47.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Adamshoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thornlea	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Visconde de Rio Claro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Basberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Smythe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte Do Souza	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bairro Represa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trafalgar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Duncan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Skjomen	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gorjacij Kljuc	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marydale (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olifantshoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

524 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 68, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 3 January 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	68
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 3 January 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 507.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

447 broken records

Margins by which the 447 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 410.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 1976

Top 20 records on 3 January 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 1976	Kareedoorn, ZA	monthly rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1976	Petrusville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1976	Kyrylivka, UA	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1976	Palmerville, AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1976	Gaoua, BF	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1976	Hot Springs, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1976	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily rain	200.4 mm (7.9 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1976	Greenwood, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1976	Uitsig, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1976	Greenwood, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1976	Clarke City, CA	daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	14.8 cm (5.8 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1976	Oranjerivier (Sar), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1976	Ontonagon, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1976	Clarke City, CA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1976	Aughrabies, ZA	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1976	Schootefountain, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1976	Bokfontein, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1976	Britstown (Pol), ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	80 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1976	Sandpan, ZA	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1976	Krakmo, NO	daily snow depth	92.0 cm (36.2 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	57 years	38 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

1794 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1976. 1976 had 524 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 100	429
100 to 200	13
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1