Weather Records on 3 December 1979

959 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 1979. Highest significance: Pozos, MX.

Key Facts for 3 December 1979

On 3 December 1979, 959 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
379 were record highs and 272 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 68 monthly and 889 daily.
Pozos set a monthly record daily precipitation of 46.5 mm (1.8 in) on 3 December 1979.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

959 stations

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

Weather records on 3 December 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pozos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cardenas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
McCook	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Montemorelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Calvillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Panuco (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mexquitic	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Potosi (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna del Fresno	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Villagran (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bayview Model Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hungry Horse Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Phillips	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ixmiquilpan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lagos de Moreno (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Matehuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iturbide	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Buena (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
El Barretal I	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Padilla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Temascales	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rayones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chaparaco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quitupan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Camacho	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chicontepec de Tejeda (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corrales	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Guaracha	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Urepetiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cedral	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brisco	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pericos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Penjamo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tototlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Magiscatzin (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Itapeva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

959 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 245, Lowest daily maximum 141, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 131, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 3 December 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	245
Lowest daily maximum	141
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	131
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 3 December 1979 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 68, daily 889.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

785 broken records

Margins by which the 785 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 1979

Top 20 records on 3 December 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 1979	Pozos, MX	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 December 1979	Cardenas (Smn), MX	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1979	McCook, US	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1979	Chugwater, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1979	Mercedes 6 SSE, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1979	Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S, MX	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1979	Montemorelos, MX	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1979	Calvillo (Smn), MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1979	Panuco (Smn), MX	monthly rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1979	Ciudad Victoria, MX	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1979	Mexquitic, MX	monthly rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1979	San Luis Potosi (Dge), MX	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1979	Laguna del Fresno, MX	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1979	Villagran (Smn), MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1979	Bayview Model Basin, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1979	Hungry Horse Dam, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1979	Phillips, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1979	Ocampo, MX	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1979	Ixmiquilpan (Smn), MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1979	Lagos de Moreno (Dge), MX	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	49 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1979. 1979 had 959 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	764
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	3