Weather Records on 3 October 2014

574 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 2014. Highest significance: Sparta 1 W, US.

Key Facts for 3 October 2014

On 3 October 2014, 574 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
184 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 552 daily.
Sparta 1 W set a daily record precipitation of 80.5 mm (3.2 in) on 3 October 2014.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

574 stations

574 station records on 3 October 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dunbar	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lambert 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garde	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Threave	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kielder Castle	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New Boston Dam 17	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivan	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kenosha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ronaldsway	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leuchars	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake Roscommon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Summit Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clay City 6SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Terre Haute Indiana State	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Penicuik	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eudora	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Knox Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

574 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 275, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 3 October 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 3 October 2014 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 20, daily 552.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

474 broken records

Margins by which the 474 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 2014

Top 20 records on 3 October 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 2014	Sparta 1 W, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	112 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 October 2014	Charleston, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	104 years	75 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2014	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2014	Paris Stp, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2014	Centralia, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	112 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2014	Dunbar, GB	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2014	Keosauqua, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2014	Mt Pleasant 1 SW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2014	Hardy, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	112 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2014	Rockville, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	107 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2014	Lambert 1W, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2014	Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garde, GB	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2014	Perryville Wtp, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2014	Effingham 3SW, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	120 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2014	Racine Wwtp, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	87 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2014	Bastrop, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	119 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2014	Mount Barker, AU	daily high min	16.8 C (62.2 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2014	Threave, GB	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2014	Manistee 3SE, US	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2014	Beaver Is, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	51 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 2014. 2014 had 574 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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Data for records on 2014-10-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	348
10 to 20	57
20 to 30	40
30 to 40	17
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	7
60 to 70	3