Weather Records on 3 November 2016

941 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 November 2016. Highest significance: Wingate, US.

Key Facts for 3 November 2016

On 3 November 2016, 941 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
773 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 88 monthly and 853 daily.
Wingate set a monthly record daily precipitation of 129.8 mm (5.1 in) on 3 November 2016.
Across 155 earlier years (1821 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

941 stations

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

Weather records on 3 November 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wingate	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Robert Lee 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley 11 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lamesa 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kanab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Troughton Island	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lenorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone L/D 18	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Donnellson	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dupree	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cavern City AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Galesburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jerseyville 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy Dam 21	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eaton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

941 records

Records set or tied on 3 November 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 466, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 307, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 113.

Records on 3 November 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	466
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	307
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	113
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 November 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 88, daily 853.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

669 broken records

Margins by which the 669 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 68.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 November 2016

Top 20 records on 3 November 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 November 2016	Wingate, US	monthly rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 November 2016	Roscoe, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2016	Logansport Cicott St, US	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	102 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2016	Robert Lee 4WSW, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2016	Liberty, US	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2016	Putnam, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	103 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2016	Water Valley, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2016	St Charles Elm Pt, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2016	Water Valley 11 NNE, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2016	Breckenridge, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2016	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	114 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2016	Marion 2 N, US	monthly high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2016	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2016	Sterling City, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2016	Harrison, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	81 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2016	Shoshone, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2016	Pendleton Dwtn, US	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2016	Dover 1 W, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2016	Kislovodsk, RU	daily low min	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	102 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 November 2016	Moorhead, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	40 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

1821 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1821 to 2016. 2016 had 941 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-03 in each year
Year	Records
1821	2
1828	1
1835	1
1837	1
1844	1
1845	1
1851	1
1857	1
1858	7
1862	1
1864	1
1875	5
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	2
1889	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	8
1897	3
1898	6
1899	10
1900	6
1901	6
1902	5
1903	19
1904	22
1905	11
1906	13
1907	28
1908	19
1909	17
1910	21
1911	39
1912	112
1913	35
1914	41
1915	19
1916	22
1917	36
1918	16
1919	74
1920	38
1921	35
1922	85
1923	123
1924	136
1925	107
1926	188
1927	343
1928	236
1929	352
1930	154
1931	279
1932	466
1933	398
1934	571
1935	968
1936	1,217
1937	309
1938	1,019
1939	584
1940	285
1941	214
1942	303
1943	172
1944	498
1945	333
1946	1,017
1947	457
1948	416
1949	565
1950	482
1951	2,288
1952	404
1953	351
1954	693
1955	522
1956	781
1957	453
1958	274
1959	472
1960	239
1961	1,007
1962	438
1963	271
1964	719
1965	522
1966	1,373
1967	588
1968	471
1969	568
1970	551
1971	666
1972	636
1973	903
1974	929
1975	1,066
1976	719
1977	767
1978	1,197
1979	630
1980	1,031
1981	876
1982	826
1983	1,254
1984	624
1985	725
1986	491
1987	1,148
1988	915
1989	615
1990	1,114
1991	3,969
1992	1,158
1993	653
1994	1,227
1995	1,078
1996	1,152
1997	818
1998	789
1999	808
2000	851
2001	587
2002	1,376
2003	1,914
2004	1,356
2005	1,576
2006	1,065
2007	642
2008	1,011
2009	688
2010	718
2011	765
2012	605
2013	515
2014	639
2015	1,123
2016	941
2017	871
2018	405
2019	303
2020	1,688
2021	352
2022	869
2023	714
2024	703
2025	525

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Data for records on 2016-11-03: 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	629
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1