Weather Records on 3 January 2013

496 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 2013. Highest significance: Biskra, DZ.

Key Facts for 3 January 2013

On 3 January 2013, 496 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
160 were record highs and 199 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 485 daily.
Biskra set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.1 mm (2.2 in) on 3 January 2013.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

496 stations

496 station records on 3 January 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Burnerbinmah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine 10 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 8 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.3 C (102.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlan del Rio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huajicori	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mtwara	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Homer AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Takaroa	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Liafoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nephi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rye Patch Dam	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harare (Kutsaga)	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paul 1ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cotonou	Benin	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Campo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco de Los Romo (Dg	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Denio	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hachinohe	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 2WSW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Summer Lake 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boswell	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Grove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nanchong	China	Record low maximum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wakamatsu	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mutsu	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Niigata	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Afjord - Momyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock Derby Fld AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Big Delta AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jiexiu	China	Record low minimum temperature	-20.2 C (-4.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chongqing	China	Record low maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berberati	Central African Republic	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ploumanac'h	France	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fukaura	Japan	Record low maximum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sosunovo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

496 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 84, Lowest daily maximum 118, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 68, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 60.

Records on 3 January 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	84
Lowest daily maximum	118
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	68
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	60

Records on 3 January 2013 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 485.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

376 broken records

Margins by which the 376 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 534.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 2013

Top 20 records on 3 January 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 2013	Biskra, DZ	monthly rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	106 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2013	Burnerbinmah, AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2013	Grandfalls 3SSE, US	daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	101 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2013	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2013	Valentine 10 WSW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2013	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2013	Homer 8 NW, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	24.2 cm (9.5 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2013	Imlay, US	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	94 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2013	Hillsboro, US	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2013	Richfield Radio Ksvc, US	daily low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2013	El Paso Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	4.4 cm (1.7 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2013	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily high max	39.3 C (102.7 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2013	Ixtlan del Rio, MX	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2013	Imlay, US	daily low min	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2013	Homer 8 NW, US	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2013	Oak City, US	daily low max	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2013	Huajicori, MX	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2013	Mtwara, TZ	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2013	Orovada 3 W, US	daily low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	71 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2013	Homer AP, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	36 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 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2013. 2013 had 496 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	371
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1