Weather Records on 3 January 1996

2,085 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 1996. Highest significance: Greenville Wtp, US.

Key Facts for 3 January 1996

On 3 January 1996, 2,085 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
365 were record highs and 340 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 84 monthly and 1,985 daily.
Greenville Wtp set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 3 January 1996.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 3 January 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Tara Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Piqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Charleston	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Beau Maison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Paoli	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kurrowah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Turallin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Waynesville 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Calm Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Meandarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Glen Innes (Mt Mitchell Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Casey	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Miles City AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Wattle St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yelarbon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.6 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Royal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Columba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Marie (River)	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dundee (Wattle Dale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marshallville 1 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Amby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
W Manchester 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hunters Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Copmanhurst (Stockyard Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,085 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 219, Lowest daily maximum 179, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 161, Heaviest daily rainfall 700, Heaviest daily snowfall 411, Deepest snow cover 269.

Records on 3 January 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	219
Lowest daily maximum	179
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	161
Heaviest daily rainfall	700
Heaviest daily snowfall	411
Deepest snow cover	269

Records on 3 January 1996 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 84, daily 1,985.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,749 broken records

Margins by which the 1,749 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 1996

Top 20 records on 3 January 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 1996	Greenville Wtp, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1996	Anderson 1 N, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1996	Tara Shire Council, AU	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1996	Piqua, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	82 years	72 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1996	Charleston, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1996	Paris Stp, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1996	Beau Maison, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	81 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1996	Bonshaw (Campbell St), AU	daily rain	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1996	Paoli, US	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1996	Rochester Gtr Intl, US	all-time snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	35 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1996	Kurrowah, AU	daily rain	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1996	Millmerran Post Office, AU	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1996	Turallin, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1996	Cameron Downs, AU	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	100 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1996	Glenelg, AU	daily rain	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1996	Texas Post Office, AU	daily rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1996	Kendall Post Office, AU	daily rain	104.2 mm (4.1 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	76 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1996	Chinook, US	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1996	Ft Meade, US	monthly rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	93 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 January 1996	Ekalaka, US	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	42 years	20 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1996. 1996 had 2,085 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 100	1,587
100 to 200	130
200 to 300	22
300 to 400	8
400 to 500	2