Weather Records on 3 January 1932

167 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 1932. Highest significance: Altastenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 3 January 1932

On 3 January 1932, 167 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 148 daily.
Altastenberg set an all-time record daily precipitation of 106.3 mm (4.2 in) on 3 January 1932.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

167 stations

167 station records on 3 January 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	106.3 mm (4.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kenora	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kenora	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

167 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 86, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 3 January 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 3 January 1932 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 148.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

140 broken records

Margins by which the 140 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 1932

Top 20 records on 3 January 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 1932	Altastenberg, DE	all-time rain	106.3 mm (4.2 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1932	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	monthly rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1932	Fort National, DZ	monthly rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1932	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1932	Beeville 5 NE, US	monthly rain	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	12 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1932	Fichtelberg, DE	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1932	Webster City, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1932	Plauen, DE	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1932	Gorlitz, DE	monthly rain	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1932	San Antonio Nursery, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1932	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1932	Pommelsbrunn, DE	monthly rain	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1932	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1932	Metten, DE	monthly rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1932	College STN 6 SW, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1932	Runge, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1932	Brocken, DE	daily rain	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1932	Temple, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1932	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1932	Arnsberg, DE	monthly rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)

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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1932. 1932 had 167 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	137
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1