Weather Records on 3 October 2007

872 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 2007. Highest significance: Apatzingan (Smn), MX.

Key Facts for 3 October 2007

On 3 October 2007, 872 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
523 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 822 daily.
Apatzingan (Smn) set a daily record precipitation of 101.9 mm (4.0 in) on 3 October 2007.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

872 stations

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

Weather records on 3 October 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Zaragoza Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ft Green 12 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Guerrero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
El Tizate	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Westby 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paso de Arocha	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vitebsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sirte	Libya	Record low minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque L&D 11	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomer	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Downing	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zearing	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Smith Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Utena	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ankeny	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eldora	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guayameo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bonneville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Owen 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nuuanu Rsch 5 775	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Noire	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Puerta	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ixtlahuacan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cuixtla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roi Et	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Athens Ben Epps AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

872 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 228, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 295, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 226.

Records on 3 October 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	228
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	295
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 October 2007 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 49, daily 822.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

652 broken records

Margins by which the 652 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 2007

Top 20 records on 3 October 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 2007	Apatzingan (Smn), MX	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	67.9 mm (2.7 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2007	Zaragoza Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2007	Ft Green 12 WSW, US	monthly rain	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	1 year	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2007	Villa Guerrero, MX	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2007	Solon Springs, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2007	Greenwood, US	all-time rain	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2007	El Tizate, MX	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2007	Claremore 2 ENE, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2007	Dardanelle, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2007	Guttenberg L&D 10, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2007	Vinton, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2007	New Hampton, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2007	Westby 3ENE, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2007	Dayton 1 WSW, US	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2007	Portage Wwtp, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2007	Paso de Arocha, MX	daily rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2007	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high min	22.0 C (71.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2007	Kailua 446, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2007	Vitebsk, BY	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2007	Manchester #2, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 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 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 2007. 2007 had 872 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 20	624
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1