Weather Records on 3 October 1991

862 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 1991. Highest significance: Mt Pulaski, US.

Key Facts for 3 October 1991

On 3 October 1991, 862 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
415 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 69 monthly and 793 daily.
Mt Pulaski set a daily record precipitation of 82.3 mm (3.2 in) on 3 October 1991.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

862 stations

862 station records on 3 October 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
San Bartolo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Booborowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Panorama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Custer	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Lorraine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ze da Rosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chongqing	China	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nancheng	China	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Totutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Bryan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Ancho (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lumber City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Castilho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mogi-Mirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vestmannaeyjar	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lussanvira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Campos de Cunha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bijie	China	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boca del Salado	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adamantina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Joskar-Ola	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coqueiros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kornesty	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Ashrose)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Agulhas Negras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Santa Fe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eugenio Lefevre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eleuterio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

862 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 203, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 212, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 371, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 3 October 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	203
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	212
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	371
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 3 October 1991 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 69, daily 793.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

707 broken records

Margins by which the 707 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 1991

Top 20 records on 3 October 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 1991	Mt Pulaski, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1991	Penong (Penalumba), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1991	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	85 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1991	Brinkworth (Anama Park), AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	103 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1991	Hallett, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1991	San Bartolo, MX	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1991	Booborowie, AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1991	Panorama, BR	daily rain	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1991	Martinsdale 3 NNW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1991	Custer, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1991	Cherdyn', RU	monthly high min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1991	Hallett (Lorraine), AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1991	Ze da Rosa, BR	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1991	Chongqing, CN	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1991	Nancheng, CN	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1991	Totutla, MX	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1991	Valparaiso, BR	daily rain	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1991	Mount Bryan, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1991	Paso Ancho (Cfe), MX	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1991	Kirov, RU	daily high min	11.6 C (52.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	91 years	42 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

1834 to 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 1991. 1991 had 862 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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Data for records on 1991-10-03: 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	547
10 to 20	90
20 to 30	40
30 to 40	17
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	2