Weather Records on 3 October 2021

635 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 2021. Highest significance: Anyang, CN.

Key Facts for 3 October 2021

On 3 October 2021, 635 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
374 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 66 monthly and 569 daily.
Anyang set a monthly record daily precipitation of 90.9 mm (3.6 in) on 3 October 2021.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

635 stations

635 station records on 3 October 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anyang	China	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Benxi	China	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Oregon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Yingkou	China	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Alencon/Valframbert	France	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Shenyang	China	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kyrktasjo_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Linjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Blaiken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cabot	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wudu	China	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stollet_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Weifang	China	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Almdalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vastvalla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lesjofors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Koo Wee Rup (Srw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Malmberget	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Houghton Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grasas_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Skultuna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hemavan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palen Creek Correctional	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lesquin	France	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carpiquet	France	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kolsva	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brillion	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ed	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Taiyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Riddarhyttan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stalldalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mierkenis_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Friendship	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huimin	China	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kopparberg_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wanyuan	China	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hedal I Valdres II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Svaneholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Havelund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

635 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 129, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 245, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 230, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 3 October 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	129
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	245
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 3 October 2021 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 66, daily 569.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

536 broken records

Margins by which the 536 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 105.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 2021

Top 20 records on 3 October 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 2021	Anyang, CN	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	74 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2021	Benxi, CN	monthly rain	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	58 years	73 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2021	Biri, NO	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	124 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2021	Oregon City, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2021	Yingkou, CN	monthly rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2021	Alencon/Valframbert, FR	monthly rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2021	Shenyang, CN	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2021	Goychay, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2021	Kyrktasjo_D, SE	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2021	Linjiang, CN	monthly rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2021	Blaiken, SE	monthly rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2021	Cabot, US	monthly rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2021	Wudu, CN	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2021	Stollet_D, SE	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2021	Kozhikode, IN	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2021	Weifang, CN	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2021	Almdalen, SE	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2021	Vastvalla, SE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2021	Lesjofors, SE	daily rain	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2021	Williamsville, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	72 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 2021. 2021 had 635 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 2021-10-03: 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 20	506
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1