Weather Records on 3 January 2022

989 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 2022. Highest significance: Koloa 936, US.

Key Facts for 3 January 2022

On 3 January 2022, 989 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
474 were record highs and 69 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 961 daily.
Koloa 936 set a daily record precipitation of 215.9 mm (8.5 in) on 3 January 2022.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

989 stations

989 station records on 3 January 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Halenanaho 1006	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Brydeswood STN 985	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Eleele 927	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Wahiawa 930	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Republic	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
W Lawai 931	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Koloa Mauka 994	United States	Record daily precipitation	283.2 mm (11.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bamberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily snowfall	54.6 cm (21.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bonneville Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Danville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monteagle	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mahaulepu 941.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Mina 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Squaw Butte-Northern Great Bas	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oneida	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albemarle	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ruch	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Puhi 1013	United States	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baring	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oneida	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Kgw-Tv	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carson Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily snowfall	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Annapolis US Naval Academy Aso	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Celina	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Markovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado Nm	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Schmelz-Huttersdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City Cgas	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

989 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 216, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 258, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Heaviest daily snowfall 105, Deepest snow cover 70.

Records on 3 January 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	216
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	258
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	105
Deepest snow cover	70

Records on 3 January 2022 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 24, daily 961.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

860 broken records

Margins by which the 860 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 325.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 2022

Top 20 records on 3 January 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 2022	Koloa 936, US	daily rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2022	Halenanaho 1006, US	daily rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2022	Brydeswood STN 985, US	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2022	Eleele 927, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2022	Wahiawa 930, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2022	Republic, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	56 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2022	W Lawai 931, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	70 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2022	Lewisburg Exp STN, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2022	Koloa Mauka 994, US	monthly rain	283.2 mm (11.1 in)	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	8 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 January 2022	Bamberg, US	monthly rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2022	Cascade Locks, US	daily snowfall	54.6 cm (21.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	115 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2022	Louisa, US	daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2022	Asheboro 2 W, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2022	Mc Minnville, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	103 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2022	Brooklet 1 W, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2022	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.3 cm (8.8 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2022	Bonneville Dam, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2022	Danville Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2022	Lewisburg Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	111 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 2022	Monteagle, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	68 years	50 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

1794 to 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2022. 2022 had 989 records.

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

Records on 01-03 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1798	1
1800	1
1823	2
1825	1
1830	2
1839	1
1848	1
1853	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	1
1867	2
1868	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	4
1887	5
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1899	2
1900	15
1901	4
1902	15
1903	17
1904	51
1905	12
1906	13
1907	26
1908	8
1909	11
1910	23
1911	40
1912	26
1913	83
1914	33
1915	29
1916	60
1917	52
1918	80
1919	54
1920	31
1921	139
1922	80
1923	46
1924	222
1925	139
1926	268
1927	235
1928	412
1929	58
1930	160
1931	100
1932	167
1933	160
1934	208
1935	249
1936	404
1937	291
1938	139
1939	498
1940	312
1941	595
1942	505
1943	508
1944	361
1945	148
1946	171
1947	662
1948	462
1949	910
1950	2,025
1951	459
1952	587
1953	241
1954	370
1955	443
1956	188
1957	177
1958	326
1959	861
1960	431
1961	543
1962	802
1963	494
1964	513
1965	492
1966	885
1967	247
1968	582
1969	516
1970	749
1971	1,280
1972	313
1973	623
1974	1,010
1975	710
1976	524
1977	790
1978	745
1979	2,417
1980	470
1981	1,401
1982	1,380
1983	921
1984	983
1985	739
1986	676
1987	843
1988	1,034
1989	740
1990	467
1991	1,077
1992	1,200
1993	910
1994	902
1995	726
1996	2,085
1997	3,676
1998	1,434
1999	1,568
2000	2,063
2001	1,385
2002	1,307
2003	981
2004	1,406
2005	1,157
2006	1,472
2007	1,396
2008	948
2009	682
2010	1,337
2011	681
2012	956
2013	496
2014	1,029
2015	869
2016	605
2017	1,053
2018	1,444
2019	474
2020	772
2021	476
2022	989
2023	1,318
2024	734
2025	653
2026	902

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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 50	771
50 to 100	50
100 to 150	25
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1