Weather Records on 3 December 2020

409 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 December 2020. Highest significance: Split Marjan, HR.

Key Facts for 3 December 2020

On 3 December 2020, 409 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
191 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 392 daily.
Split Marjan set a monthly record daily precipitation of 149.6 mm (5.9 in) on 3 December 2020.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

409 stations

409 station records on 3 December 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 December 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Split Marjan	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Skagway	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Manston	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pte de la Hague	France	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haines 40NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Messina	Italy	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Guernsey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vici 1NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Traighli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Writtle	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chumphon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wiseman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tabora Airport	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beira	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pokrovskaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hersdorf-Weissenseifen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Njurba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nelaug	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Asturias/Aviles	Spain	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra (Bimbadeen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Painesville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo 3ENE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gate	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Suhana	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jersey: Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Simon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haines AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Boylefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pearce - Sunsites	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meade	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wister 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Meade	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gate	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mombasa	Kenya	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Isit	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uchur	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-13.1 C (8.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elk	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kahului AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

409 records

Records set or tied on 3 December 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 88, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 3 December 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	88
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 3 December 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 392.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

333 broken records

Margins by which the 333 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 December 2020

Top 20 records on 3 December 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 December 2020	Split Marjan, HR	monthly rain	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	65 years	76 of 100 (Major)
3 December 2020	Skagway, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	117 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 December 2020	Manston, GB	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 December 2020	Arnett 3NE, US	monthly snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	108 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 December 2020	Pte de la Hague, FR	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	127 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 December 2020	Bucklin 1SE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	99 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2020	Greensburg, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	99 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2020	Arnett 3NE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2020	Haines 40NW, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2020	Hastings, GB	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2020	Messina, IT	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2020	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2020	Guernsey: Airport, GB	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2020	Vici 1NNW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	65 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2020	Hambantota, LK	daily high max	34.2 C (93.6 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	111 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2020	Traighli, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2020	Writtle, GB	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2020	Isisford Post Office, AU	all-time high min	33.1 C (91.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2020	Chumphon, TH	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	66 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 December 2020	Ashland, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	99 years	43 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

1793 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2020. 2020 had 409 records.

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

Records on 12-03 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1797	1
1801	1
1807	1
1810	1
1816	1
1828	1
1829	2
1831	1
1832	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	3
1856	4
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1870	2
1872	3
1873	1
1875	4
1876	3
1879	8
1882	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	4
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	9
1902	13
1903	9
1904	5
1905	33
1906	23
1907	2
1908	4
1909	45
1910	8
1911	12
1912	23
1913	66
1914	74
1915	19
1916	153
1917	34
1918	29
1919	88
1920	44
1921	128
1922	68
1923	58
1924	89
1925	152
1926	189
1927	247
1928	79
1929	651
1930	131
1931	352
1932	528
1933	486
1934	270
1935	267
1936	379
1937	284
1938	347
1939	443
1940	1,023
1941	1,141
1942	595
1943	290
1944	284
1945	194
1946	443
1947	814
1948	419
1949	177
1950	689
1951	881
1952	242
1953	804
1954	493
1955	763
1956	679
1957	211
1958	583
1959	372
1960	577
1961	342
1962	923
1963	331
1964	824
1965	308
1966	1,076
1967	859
1968	646
1969	395
1970	1,247
1971	999
1972	890
1973	778
1974	661
1975	638
1976	1,315
1977	681
1978	1,406
1979	959
1980	1,128
1981	644
1982	3,010
1983	1,255
1984	645
1985	2,305
1986	801
1987	682
1988	672
1989	1,064
1990	1,178
1991	1,521
1992	776
1993	670
1994	664
1995	725
1996	694
1997	854
1998	1,969
1999	982
2000	759
2001	604
2002	977
2003	519
2004	739
2005	1,140
2006	1,167
2007	793
2008	804
2009	1,124
2010	1,879
2011	852
2012	1,355
2013	799
2014	510
2015	533
2016	347
2017	669
2018	1,043
2019	490
2020	409
2021	1,364
2022	448
2023	810
2024	709
2025	578

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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 20	292
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1