Weather Records on 3 December 1997

854 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 1997. Highest significance: Winona, US.

Key Facts for 3 December 1997

On 3 December 1997, 854 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
171 were record highs and 294 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 829 daily.
Winona set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 3 December 1997.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

854 stations

854 station records on 3 December 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 December 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shenandoah	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hikone	Japan	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bruning	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huixtla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Natoma	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzroy Crossing Comp.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad-Airport	Sweden	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mankato	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Potosi	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsborough Rvr Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Kosen	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pijijiapan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tapachula (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stonington	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mehringen	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dachwig	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kassler	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dilia	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eisleben-Helfta	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kassler	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Onaga	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alcalde	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Haliimaile 423	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buctzotz	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cochetopa Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dilia	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

854 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 168, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 126, Heaviest daily rainfall 173, Heaviest daily snowfall 102, Deepest snow cover 114.

Records on 3 December 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	168
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	126
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	102
Deepest snow cover	114

Records on 3 December 1997 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 829.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

653 broken records

Margins by which the 653 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 1997

Top 20 records on 3 December 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 1997	Winona, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1997	Hooker, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1997	Weissenfels, DE	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1997	Karlstad, SE	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	18.1 cm (7.1 in)	88 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1997	Shenandoah, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1997	Minneapolis, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	99 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1997	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	94 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1997	Hickman, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1997	Fossil Downs, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1997	Hikone, JP	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1997	Superior, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	98 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1997	Huetamo, MX	monthly high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1997	Walsenburg 1 NW, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1997	Bruning, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	99 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1997	Red Cloud, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1997	Huixtla, MX	monthly low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1997	Friend 3E, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1997	Pawnee City, US	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1997	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	95 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1997	Weimar, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	72 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

1793 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1997. 1997 had 854 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	588
50 to 100	51
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1