Weather Records on 3 November 1977

767 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 November 1977. Highest significance: Tann/Rhon, DE.

Key Facts for 3 November 1977

On 3 November 1977, 767 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
416 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 715 daily.
Tann/Rhon set a daily record precipitation of 48.4 mm (1.9 in) on 3 November 1977.
Across 155 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

767 stations

767 station records on 3 November 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 November 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tann/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grebenhain-Herchenhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Haljum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenson 5WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fladungen-Heufurt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Offer	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Schmalkalden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brotterode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brucken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sidsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Giessen/Wettenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mauth-Finsterau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waldems-Reinborn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Puerto Madero	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserkuppe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nordvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Ems	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Multra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waltershausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nidderau-Windecken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Schluchtern-Herolz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wausaukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grosser Falkenstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buhlertal	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lillhamra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nurburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Branna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Melvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weilburg (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Steuben	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Limburg/Lahn-Offheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Nauheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Granta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stammbach-Querenbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lunner	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mayen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ripley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lannas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anniston Metro AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Teuschnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wilo (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

767 records

Records set or tied on 3 November 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 282, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 284, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 3 November 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	282
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	284
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 November 1977 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 51, daily 715.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

624 broken records

Margins by which the 624 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 November 1977

Top 20 records on 3 November 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 November 1977	Tann/Rhon, DE	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1977	Grebenhain-Herchenhain, DE	monthly rain	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1977	Haljum, SE	monthly rain	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1977	Stephenson 5WSW, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1977	Fladungen-Heufurt, DE	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1977	Offer, SE	monthly rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	6 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1977	Marshall, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1977	Sandberg, DE	daily rain	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1977	Schmalkalden, DE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1977	Brotterode, DE	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1977	Brucken, DE	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1977	Sidsjo, SE	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1977	Giessen/Wettenberg, DE	monthly rain	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1977	Mauth-Finsterau, DE	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1977	Waldems-Reinborn, DE	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1977	Puerto Madero, MX	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1977	Wasserkuppe, DE	monthly rain	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1977	Nordvik, SE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1977	Bad Ems, DE	monthly rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 1977	Multra, SE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	45 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

1821 to 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 1977. 1977 had 767 records.

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

Records on 11-03 in each year
Year	Records
1821	2
1828	1
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	1
1851	1
1857	1
1858	7
1862	1
1864	1
1875	5
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	8
1897	3
1898	6
1899	10
1900	6
1901	6
1902	5
1903	19
1904	22
1905	11
1906	13
1907	28
1908	19
1909	17
1910	21
1911	39
1912	112
1913	35
1914	41
1915	19
1916	22
1917	36
1918	16
1919	74
1920	38
1921	35
1922	85
1923	123
1924	136
1925	107
1926	188
1927	343
1928	236
1929	352
1930	154
1931	279
1932	466
1933	398
1934	571
1935	968
1936	1,217
1937	309
1938	1,019
1939	584
1940	285
1941	214
1942	303
1943	172
1944	498
1945	333
1946	1,017
1947	457
1948	416
1949	565
1950	482
1951	2,288
1952	404
1953	351
1954	693
1955	522
1956	781
1957	453
1958	274
1959	472
1960	239
1961	1,007
1962	438
1963	271
1964	719
1965	522
1966	1,373
1967	588
1968	471
1969	568
1970	551
1971	666
1972	636
1973	903
1974	929
1975	1,066
1976	719
1977	767
1978	1,197
1979	630
1980	1,031
1981	876
1982	826
1983	1,254
1984	624
1985	725
1986	491
1987	1,148
1988	915
1989	615
1990	1,114
1991	3,969
1992	1,158
1993	653
1994	1,227
1995	1,078
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	789
1999	808
2000	851
2001	587
2002	1,376
2003	1,914
2004	1,356
2005	1,576
2006	1,065
2007	642
2008	1,011
2009	688
2010	718
2011	765
2012	605
2013	515
2014	639
2015	1,123
2016	941
2017	871
2018	405
2019	303
2020	1,688
2021	352
2022	869
2023	714
2024	703
2025	525

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Data for records on 1977-11-03: 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 10	541
10 to 20	57
20 to 30	15
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2