Weather Records on 3 October 2001

846 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 2001. Highest significance: Abashiri, JP.

Key Facts for 3 October 2001

On 3 October 2001, 846 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
393 were record highs and 182 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 794 daily.
Abashiri set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 3 October 2001.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

846 stations

846 station records on 3 October 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Abashiri	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Running Stream (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Berambing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bomnak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jabalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moonan Flat (High St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lidsdale (Maddox Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alonnah Area School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nerriga Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Berrima West (Medway (Wombat C	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Blas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sahuaripa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cawdor (Woodburn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuato	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Agricultural Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tianjin	China	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Miguel Hidalgo Y Costil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sisal	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Progreso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Suchiate	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Congewai (Greenock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cuimato	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Faulconbridge (St Georges Cres	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt Roads	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bowral (Parry Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
East London	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton (Amaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Asientos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Watagan Central	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Guzman (Obs)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poncitlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
East London	South Africa	Record low maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
River Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hunter Springs (Wondecla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

846 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 182, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 211, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 271.

Records on 3 October 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	182
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	211
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 October 2001 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 52, daily 794.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

658 broken records

Margins by which the 658 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 2001

Top 20 records on 3 October 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 2001	Abashiri, JP	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2001	Camden (Brownlow Hill), AU	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2001	Running Stream (Brooklyn), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2001	Clermont-Ferrand, FR	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2001	Berambing, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2001	Bomnak, RU	monthly rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2001	Khartoum, SD	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2001	Jabalpur, IN	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2001	Moonan Flat (High St), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2001	Lidsdale (Maddox Lane), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2001	Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm, US	monthly high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	83 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2001	Alonnah Area School, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2001	Nerriga Composite, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2001	Xochitlan Todos Santos, MX	monthly high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2001	Berrima West (Medway (Wombat C, AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2001	Dijon-Longvic, FR	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2001	San Blas, MX	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2001	Sahuaripa, MX	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2001	Izmail, UA	daily high max	29.8 C (85.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2001	Briksdal, NO	daily rain	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	41 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 2001. 2001 had 846 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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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	595
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1