Weather Records on 3 October 2020

817 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 2020. Highest significance: Oxford, GB.

Key Facts for 3 October 2020

On 3 October 2020, 817 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
585 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 762 daily.
Oxford set a monthly record daily precipitation of 60.0 mm (2.4 in) on 3 October 2020.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

817 stations

817 station records on 3 October 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Keele	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Longvic	France	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Vas Na Blokah	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	83.7 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wellesbourne	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Huoshan	China	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Oceanside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parafield Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dyce	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murska Sobota-Rakican	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morpeth: Cockle Park	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minchumina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hularin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Craibstone	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kewaunee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kautokeino	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Szczecin	Poland	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wiseman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marina di Ginosa	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morbylanga	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leuchars	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Naples	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Honolulu Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Streaky Bay	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maradi	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bollerup	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

817 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 252, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 333, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 86.

Records on 3 October 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	252
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	333
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 October 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 55, daily 762.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

667 broken records

Margins by which the 667 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 2020

Top 20 records on 3 October 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 2020	Oxford, GB	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	144 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2020	Szombathely, HU	daily rain	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2020	Hartington, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	110 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2020	Rothamsted, GB	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2020	Keele, GB	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2020	Longvic, FR	monthly rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2020	Nova Vas Na Blokah, SI	daily rain	83.7 mm (3.3 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2020	Waddington, GB	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2020	Wellesbourne, GB	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2020	Huoshan, CN	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2020	Balmoral, GB	monthly rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2020	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2020	Calaveras Big Trees, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	87 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2020	Eagle, US	monthly high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2020	Osijek, HR	monthly high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2020	San Francisco Oceanside, US	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2020	Aberdeen, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	106 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2020	Parafield Airport, AU	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	81 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2020	Hvar, HR	daily high min	22.6 C (72.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	131 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2020	Wick, GB	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	53 years	42 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 2020. 2020 had 817 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 2020-10-03: 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	631
10 to 20	20
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	1