Weather Records on 3 December 2014

510 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 2014. Highest significance: Kjobli I Snaasa, NO.

Key Facts for 3 December 2014

On 3 December 2014, 510 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
245 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 473 daily.
Kjobli I Snaasa set a daily record precipitation of 57.9 mm (2.3 in) on 3 December 2014.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

510 stations

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

Weather records on 3 December 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tunnsjo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yamagata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Randsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sorli	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Afjord - Momyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jormlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Overhalla - Unnset	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leipikvattnet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Trona	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dar Es Salaam Airpo	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rimini	Italy	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edevik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Julian Cdf	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oksningoy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nicolaus #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winters	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Almdalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valsjon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch Pumping Plt #3	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres (Isla)/S	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Otteroy	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calistoga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ganzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Diablo Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yongan	China	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Niigata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Avasjo-Borgafjall_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moffett Fed Airfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/San Javier	Spain	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palo Alto	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Gabriel Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madras	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Miramar NAS	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

510 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 199, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 185, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 3 December 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	199
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 3 December 2014 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 37, daily 473.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

431 broken records

Margins by which the 431 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 2014

Top 20 records on 3 December 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 2014	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
3 December 2014	Willows 6 W, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	99 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 December 2014	Tunnsjo, NO	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 December 2014	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	113 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2014	Yamagata, JP	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2014	Petaluma AP, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	99 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2014	Randsburg, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2014	Sorli, NO	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2014	Mt Clemens Ang Base, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2014	Afjord - Momyr, NO	daily rain	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2014	Jormlien, SE	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2014	Yap Island WSO AP, FM	daily rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2014	Overhalla - Unnset, NO	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2014	Leipikvattnet, SE	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2014	Trona, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	79 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2014	Dar Es Salaam Airpo, TZ	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2014	Rimini, IT	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2014	Edevik, SE	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2014	Colfax, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2014	Julian Cdf, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	105 years	45 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 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2014. 2014 had 510 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 20	390
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1