Weather Records on 3 January 1995

726 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 1995. Highest significance: Kia Ora, AU.

Key Facts for 3 January 1995

On 3 January 1995, 726 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
324 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 684 daily.
Kia Ora set an all-time record daily precipitation of 240.0 mm (9.4 in) on 3 January 1995.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 490 records.

Record Map

726 stations

726 station records on 3 January 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kia Ora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Albany	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cotonou	Benin	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yagaburne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kanevskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyford	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bobin (Bobin Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	194.0 mm (7.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Verhneimbatsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kuscevskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kubanskaya Ustevaya	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Kingsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jian	China	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guararema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wyaga Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.2 mm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne (Lorne Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dungog - Main Creek (Yeranda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eurombah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.2 mm (5.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Sabrina	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tomoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kindon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Timasevskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashford (Springvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Querobabi	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Clayton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dzitas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boonville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.8 cm (18.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waddy Brae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Ludgero	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moorabinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lingling	China	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

726 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 204, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 220, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 3 January 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	204
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 3 January 1995 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 38, daily 684.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

574 broken records

Margins by which the 574 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 391.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 1995

Top 20 records on 3 January 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 1995	Kia Ora, AU	all-time rain	240.0 mm (9.4 in)	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	20 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1995	Albany, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	101 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1995	Cotonou, BJ	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1995	Warsaw 6 SW, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1995	Yagaburne, AU	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1995	Onaway 4N, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1995	Kanevskaja, RU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1995	Gardiner, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1995	Highmarket 2W, US	daily snowfall	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	39.1 cm (15.4 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1995	Stonyford, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1995	Bobin (Bobin Creek), AU	daily rain	194.0 mm (7.6 in)	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1995	Verhneimbatsk, RU	monthly high min	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	82 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1995	Kuscevskaja, RU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1995	Kubanskaya Ustevaya, RU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1995	Mount Kingsley, AU	daily rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1995	Jian, CN	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1995	Lockport 2SE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1995	Guararema, BR	daily rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1995	Vladikavkaz, RU	monthly high max	20.2 C (68.4 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1995	Whitefish Pt, US	monthly snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	76 years	43 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1995. 1995 had 726 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 50	536
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1