Weather Records on 3 December 2007

793 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 2007. Highest significance: Joseph, US.

Key Facts for 3 December 2007

On 3 December 2007, 793 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
283 were record highs and 97 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 725 daily.
Joseph set a monthly record daily precipitation of 45.5 mm (1.8 in) on 3 December 2007.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

793 stations

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

Weather records on 3 December 2007: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
Clatskanie	United States	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Haskins Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Canisteo 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Seattle Tacoma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Craig 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chewelah	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zuara	Libya	Record daily precipitation	216.2 mm (8.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Lakes Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Thompson Falls Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wausaukee	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Real del Monte	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ostre Toten - Apelsvoll	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elk Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wisdom	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McMillin Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Soledad (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wauna 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Juanillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holden Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boswell	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Skagway	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

793 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 2007 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 135, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 293, Heaviest daily snowfall 67, Deepest snow cover 53.

Records on 3 December 2007 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	135
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	293
Heaviest daily snowfall	67
Deepest snow cover	53

Records on 3 December 2007 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 54, daily 725.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

614 broken records

Margins by which the 614 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 2007

Top 20 records on 3 December 2007 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 2007	Joseph, US	monthly rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 December 2007	Bremerton, US	all-time rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	85 years	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 December 2007	Clatskanie, US	all-time rain	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	71 years	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 December 2007	Haskins Dam, US	all-time rain	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	71 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 December 2007	Canisteo 1 SW, US	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	75 of 100 (Major)
3 December 2007	Centralia, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	104 years	75 of 100 (Major)
3 December 2007	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	70 years	71 of 100 (Major)
3 December 2007	Moscow U of I, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 December 2007	Monroe, US	monthly rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 December 2007	Seattle Tacoma AP, US	monthly rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 December 2007	Heron 2 NW, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 December 2007	Craig 4SW, US	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2007	Avon, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	101 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2007	Everett, US	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2007	Chewelah, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2007	Newport, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2007	Sandpoint Exp STN, US	monthly rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2007	Northfield, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	101 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2007	Leavenworth 3 S, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2007	Zuara, LY	all-time rain	216.2 mm (8.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 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

1793 to 2007

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2007. 2007 had 793 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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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	601
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1