Weather Records on 3 December 1999

982 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 1999. Highest significance: Cape Northumberland, AU.

Key Facts for 3 December 1999

On 3 December 1999, 982 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
236 were record highs and 237 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 942 daily.
Cape Northumberland set a daily record precipitation of 46.6 mm (1.8 in) on 3 December 1999.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

982 stations

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

Weather records on 3 December 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Roopena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Whyalla (Tregalana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Noolook Well (Noolook Forest R	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kalangadoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Richmond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston (Mount Scott)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ramsjoholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beachport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Forserum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Svinhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moose	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Nonowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ultima (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Norrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tantanoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tickera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beachport (Patawita)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Schank (Jethia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rennick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rossared	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morovis 1 N	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Trujillo Alto 2 SSW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tvingelshed	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vasterhaninge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ardrossan (Winulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dergholm (Dorodong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uddevalla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gnesta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kanosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huautla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Horby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Mullaquana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Callendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Strathdownie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

982 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 87, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 191, Heaviest daily rainfall 458, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 3 December 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	87
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	191
Heaviest daily rainfall	458
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 3 December 1999 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 37, daily 942.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

804 broken records

Margins by which the 804 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 1999

Top 20 records on 3 December 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 1999	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	114 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 December 1999	Millicent, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
3 December 1999	Lake Leake (Kooeeyong), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
3 December 1999	Wallaroo, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 December 1999	Roopena, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 December 1999	Whyalla (Tregalana), AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 December 1999	Kadina, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1999	Noolook Well (Noolook Forest R, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1999	Kalangadoo, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1999	Mount Richmond, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1999	Mount Gambier Aero, AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1999	Alpine, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	78 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1999	American River, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1999	Cape Willoughby, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1999	Kingscote, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1999	Penneshaw, AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1999	Kingston (Mount Scott), AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1999	Ramsjoholm, SE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1999	Beachport, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	77 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 1999	Forserum, SE	monthly rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	34 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1999. 1999 had 982 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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Data for records on 1999-12-03: 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	749
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1