Weather Records on 3 January 2007

1,396 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 2007. Highest significance: Clayton Muni Air Pk, US.

Key Facts for 3 January 2007

On 3 January 2007, 1,396 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
653 were record highs and 154 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 1,344 daily.
Clayton Muni Air Pk set a daily record snow depth of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 3 January 2007.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

1,396 stations

1,396 station records on 3 January 2007 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Kassler	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Villanueva	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Trinidad	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Las Animas	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Margaret River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Whim Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Walsh 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carta Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mallina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen/Flesland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe 2	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Horseshoe Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rexford	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield 10 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos Nm	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gold	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Del Rio Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cossack	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Freer	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haswell	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Galati	Romania	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thallon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bitam	Gabon	Record low minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cochiti Dam	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beagle Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsonville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rorvikvatn Ved Vadheim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Progresso	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brekke I Sogn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eikanger - Myr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,396 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 308, Lowest daily maximum 115, Highest daily minimum 345, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 514, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 67.

Records on 3 January 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	308
Lowest daily maximum	115
Highest daily minimum	345
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	514
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	67

Records on 3 January 2007 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 49, daily 1,344.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,175 broken records

Margins by which the 1,175 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 736.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 2007

Top 20 records on 3 January 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 2007	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2007	Kassler, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	88 years	71 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2007	Villanueva, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2007	Trinidad, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2007	Anacortes, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2007	Sabinal, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2007	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2007	Las Animas, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2007	Margaret River, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2007	Eagle Nest, US	daily snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2007	Glorieta, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2007	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2007	Evergreen, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2007	Whim Creek, AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2007	Walsh 1 W, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	55.8 cm (22.0 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2007	Stanley 2 NNE, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2007	Carta Valley, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2007	Lampasas, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2007	Mallina, AU	daily rain	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2007	Bergen/Flesland, NO	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	53 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 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2007. 2007 had 1,396 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 100	1,144
100 to 200	14
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	3
500 to 600	2
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1