Weather Records on 3 October 2016

756 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 2016. Highest significance: Grass Range, US.

Key Facts for 3 October 2016

On 3 October 2016, 756 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
234 were record highs and 171 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 708 daily.
Grass Range set a monthly record daily precipitation of 65.3 mm (2.6 in) on 3 October 2016.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

756 stations

756 station records on 3 October 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grass Range	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Melstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Markovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Quambatook South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Whitewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tanegashima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lorinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Border STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hampshire (Neena Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sergac	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Content 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Boort (Gredgwin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Port of Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Valentia Observatory	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Judith Gap 13 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shangzhi	China	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boothulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmot (Back Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Durham Ox	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quambatook (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sea Lake (Marston Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Worland Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sea Lake (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ryegate 18 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip (Marlbed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bealiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Powelltown Dnre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ingomar 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Canandaigua 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eberys	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Talbot (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Zhigalovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Baden Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ninyeunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

756 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 166, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 344, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 October 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	166
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	344
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 October 2016 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 47, daily 708.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

625 broken records

Margins by which the 625 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 2016

Top 20 records on 3 October 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 2016	Grass Range, US	monthly rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 October 2016	Melstone, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	103 years	77 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2016	Markovo, RU	monthly rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	72 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2016	Quambatook South, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	124 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2016	Whitewater, US	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2016	Brunette Downs, AU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2016	Tanegashima, JP	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	127.6 mm (5.0 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2016	Lake Marmal, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	128 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2016	Lorinna, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2016	Raymond Border STN, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2016	Shoshoni, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	74 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2016	Hampshire (Neena Road), AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2016	Sergac, RU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2016	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	124 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2016	Content 4 NNE, US	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2016	Boort (Gredgwin), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2016	Port of Morgan, US	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2016	Valentia Observatory, IE	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2016	Judith Gap 13 E, US	monthly rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2016	Shangzhi, CN	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	54 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 2016. 2016 had 756 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 2016-10-03: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	588
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1