Weather Records on 3 October 1979

573 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 1979. Highest significance: Liman, RU.

Key Facts for 3 October 1979

On 3 October 1979, 573 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
262 were record highs and 168 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 538 daily.
Liman set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.5 mm (2.2 in) on 3 October 1979.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

573 stations

573 station records on 3 October 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Liman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Liskeard	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Nogal	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quito	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albany Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ballandool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jerecuaro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ingenio Tamazula	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maravatio	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pervomajskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Union de Tula	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Agdam	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Naco	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Penjamo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Gregorio	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe del Rio	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tuzantla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Campolide	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lamounier	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Willcox	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shiprock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kid Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hartford-Bradley Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low maximum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Earlton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Slavgorod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

573 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 184, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 152, Heaviest daily rainfall 143.

Records on 3 October 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	184
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	152
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 October 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 34, daily 538.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

430 broken records

Margins by which the 430 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 38.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 1979

Top 20 records on 3 October 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 1979	Liman, RU	monthly rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1979	Uniontown 1 NE, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1979	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1979	W Pt, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1979	New Liskeard, CA	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1979	Astrakan, RU	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1979	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1979	El Nogal, MX	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1979	Quito, MX	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1979	Albany Intl AP, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1979	Ballandool, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1979	Jerecuaro, MX	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1979	Ingenio Tamazula, MX	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1979	State College, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1979	Maravatio, MX	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1979	Vastervik, SE	daily low min	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	66 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1979	Pervomajskoe, RU	monthly high min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1979	Snoqualmie Falls, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	61 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1979	Mascota (Smn), MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 October 1979	Chambersburg 1 ESE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	33 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

1834 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 1979. 1979 had 573 records.

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

Records on 10-03 in each year
Year	Records
1834	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1859	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1890	3
1891	5
1893	4
1894	3
1895	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	6
1902	20
1903	3
1904	1
1905	7
1906	29
1907	5
1908	21
1909	13
1910	13
1911	22
1912	53
1913	17
1914	31
1915	13
1916	93
1917	77
1918	28
1919	46
1920	25
1921	82
1922	38
1923	46
1924	41
1925	171
1926	233
1927	335
1928	213
1929	223
1930	184
1931	256
1932	185
1933	178
1934	122
1935	423
1936	192
1937	386
1938	464
1939	352
1940	175
1941	662
1942	212
1943	306
1944	489
1945	521
1946	296
1947	725
1948	272
1949	426
1950	1,038
1951	706
1952	731
1953	645
1954	1,142
1955	426
1956	222
1957	469
1958	951
1959	704
1960	189
1961	804
1962	433
1963	431
1964	503
1965	281
1966	618
1967	610
1968	547
1969	624
1970	481
1971	511
1972	452
1973	613
1974	1,999
1975	809
1976	943
1977	480
1978	410
1979	573
1980	860
1981	1,138
1982	476
1983	648
1984	1,050
1985	1,013
1986	1,501
1987	1,324
1988	525
1989	906
1990	680
1991	862
1992	990
1993	926
1994	1,433
1995	1,249
1996	962
1997	1,085
1998	1,413
1999	1,683
2000	859
2001	846
2002	1,388
2003	1,107
2004	534
2005	1,406
2006	973
2007	872
2008	690
2009	1,322
2010	989
2011	1,024
2012	778
2013	856
2014	574
2015	824
2016	756
2017	1,064
2018	826
2019	1,427
2020	817
2021	635
2022	478
2023	1,024
2024	876
2025	733
2026	649

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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 5	350
5 to 10	29
10 to 15	25
15 to 20	10
20 to 25	9
25 to 30	4
30 to 35	2
35 to 40	1