Weather Records on 3 October 1999

1,683 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 1999. Highest significance: Sherwood Park Station, AU.

Key Facts for 3 October 1999

On 3 October 1999, 1,683 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
397 were record highs and 724 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 91 monthly and 1,590 daily.
Sherwood Park Station set an all-time record daily precipitation of 260.0 mm (10.2 in) on 3 October 1999.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

1,683 stations

1,683 station records on 3 October 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sherwood Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	260.0 mm (10.2 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kolguev Severnyi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bergschenhoek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Willow Tree (Parraweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Marrabel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Worlds End)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Roto (Coombie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Delft	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kortgene	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Parafield Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Turrawan (Wallah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beverwijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oyameles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zandvoort	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Numansdorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Castricum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nildottie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Balowra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Omu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Poortugaal	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Frontera Amatenango	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Biervliet	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Robertstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wolphaartsdijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hoek_van_Holland_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Middelburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	32.9 C (91.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fall Rvr Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,683 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 207, Lowest daily maximum 404, Highest daily minimum 190, Lowest daily minimum 320, Heaviest daily rainfall 515, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 3 October 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	207
Lowest daily maximum	404
Highest daily minimum	190
Lowest daily minimum	320
Heaviest daily rainfall	515
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 3 October 1999 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 91, daily 1,590.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,428 broken records

Margins by which the 1,428 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 1999

Top 20 records on 3 October 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 1999	Sherwood Park Station, AU	all-time rain	260.0 mm (10.2 in)	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	50 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 October 1999	Hoyleton, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	111 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 October 1999	Hay (Miller Street), AU	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	111 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 October 1999	Kolguev Severnyi, RU	monthly rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	75 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1999	Adelaide (Morphett Vale), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	107 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1999	Bergschenhoek, NL	monthly rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1999	Willow Tree (Parraweena), AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1999	Marrabel, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1999	Carrathool (Gum Creek), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	111 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1999	Burra (Worlds End), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1999	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	107 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1999	Bierbank, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1999	Walgett (Dungalear), AU	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	114 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1999	Roto (Coombie), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	107 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1999	North Adelaide, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	107 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1999	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	115 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1999	Delft, NL	monthly rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1999	Kortgene, NL	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1999	Blyth, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1999	Adelaide (Glen Osmond), AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	107 years	52 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 1999. 1999 had 1,683 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 1999-10-03: 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 20	1,344
20 to 40	64
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1