Weather Records on 3 October 2010

989 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 2010. Highest significance: Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU.

Key Facts for 3 October 2010

On 3 October 2010, 989 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
540 were record highs and 203 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 90 monthly and 897 daily.
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive) set a daily record precipitation of 197.6 mm (7.8 in) on 3 October 2010.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

989 stations

989 station records on 3 October 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.6 mm (7.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Lower Bucca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Coramba (Glenfiddich)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Urunga (Sunset Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour Mo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Weilmoringle (Caringle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Cape Byron Lighthou	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kanchanaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boylefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tveitsund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Medford Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne (Lorne Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willawarrin (Denleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Asturias/Aviles	Spain	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Grant	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Siping	China	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nelaug	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.6 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Louth (Bloxham Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Porsgrunn Brannstasjon	Norway	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bountiful-Val Verda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman Fisheries STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weiser	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

989 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 303, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 237, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 246.

Records on 3 October 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	303
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	237
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	246
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 October 2010 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 90, daily 897.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

745 broken records

Margins by which the 745 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 177.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 2010

Top 20 records on 3 October 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 2010	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU	daily rain	197.6 mm (7.8 in)	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	111 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 October 2010	Enngonia (Belalie), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	105 years	74 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2010	Lower Bucca, AU	daily rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	96 years	71 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2010	Orovada 3 W, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2010	Coramba (Glenfiddich), AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	111 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 October 2010	Urunga (Sunset Place), AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	96 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2010	Coffs Harbour Mo, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2010	Weilmoringle (Caringle), AU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2010	Byron Bay (Cape Byron Lighthou, AU	daily rain	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2010	Kanchanaburi, TH	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2010	Clunes (Main Rd), AU	daily rain	185.0 mm (7.3 in)	177.4 mm (7.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2010	Rauland, NO	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	111 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2010	Elizabethton, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	108 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2010	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	75 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2010	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	125 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2010	Springwood Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2010	Darkes Forest (Kintyre), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2010	Aibonito 1 S, PR	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	93 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2010	Happy Valley, AU	daily rain	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 2010	Gjerstad I Aust-Agder, NO	daily rain	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	47 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 2010. 2010 had 989 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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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 25	709
25 to 50	28
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1