Weather Records on 3 February 1916

57 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 1916. Highest significance: Chicoutimi, CA.

Key Facts for 3 February 1916

On 3 February 1916, 57 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 56 daily.
Chicoutimi set an all-time record low maximum temperature of -34.4 C (-29.9 F) on 3 February 1916.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 557 records.

Record Map

57 stations

57 station records on 3 February 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler (Loos)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wunnamurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie (Valencia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Euroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Moonta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia Sheedy Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy Agric College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Cornalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

57 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 44, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 3 February 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	44
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 February 1916 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 0, daily 56.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

48 broken records

Margins by which the 48 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 39.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 1916

Top 20 records on 3 February 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 1916	Chicoutimi, CA	all-time low max	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1916	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1916	Maneroo, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1916	Innamincka Station, AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1916	Ardrossan, AU	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1916	Port Victoria, AU	daily rain	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1916	Maitland, AU	daily rain	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1916	Port Wakefield, AU	daily rain	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	41 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1916	Halls Gap, AU	daily rain	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1916	Wirrabara Forest, AU	daily rain	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	36 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1916	Kadina, AU	daily rain	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	34 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1916	Weldon, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	35 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1916	Port Germein, AU	daily rain	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	33 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1916	Gawler (Loos), AU	daily rain	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	33 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1916	Wunnamurra, AU	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	28 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1916	Kerang, AU	daily rain	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	34 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1916	Charlotte Waters, AU	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	26 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1916	Yudnapinna, AU	daily rain	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	30 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1916	Balaklava, AU	daily rain	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	33 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1916	Crystal Brook, AU	daily rain	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	34 years	13 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

1795 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1916. 1916 had 57 records.

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

Records on 02-03 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1809	1
1812	1
1830	2
1839	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	3
1866	2
1869	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	3
1897	5
1898	5
1899	2
1900	2
1901	7
1902	6
1903	11
1904	5
1905	13
1906	5
1907	19
1908	9
1909	28
1910	13
1911	44
1912	69
1913	13
1914	77
1915	28
1916	57
1917	113
1918	29
1919	126
1920	51
1921	81
1922	68
1923	148
1924	343
1925	171
1926	147
1927	650
1928	250
1929	132
1930	174
1931	317
1932	438
1933	148
1934	553
1935	308
1936	446
1937	176
1938	349
1939	708
1940	492
1941	315
1942	260
1943	469
1944	352
1945	340
1946	435
1947	227
1948	379
1949	434
1950	974
1951	727
1952	540
1953	766
1954	767
1955	633
1956	1,026
1957	326
1958	294
1959	515
1960	584
1961	701
1962	1,104
1963	1,073
1964	270
1965	369
1966	562
1967	637
1968	750
1969	382
1970	1,260
1971	749
1972	777
1973	1,038
1974	586
1975	516
1976	759
1977	450
1978	652
1979	1,362
1980	617
1981	732
1982	1,574
1983	1,667
1984	521
1985	1,918
1986	1,557
1987	684
1988	1,033
1989	3,626
1990	1,839
1991	1,432
1992	1,313
1993	765
1994	679
1995	1,138
1996	3,705
1997	775
1998	1,175
1999	893
2000	634
2001	1,031
2002	1,447
2003	1,166
2004	1,663
2005	1,711
2006	949
2007	1,159
2008	760
2009	524
2010	1,720
2011	2,215
2012	1,638
2013	457
2014	801
2015	852
2016	1,698
2017	500
2018	1,001
2019	1,018
2020	1,595
2021	896
2022	951
2023	330
2024	837
2025	1,667
2026	509

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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 5	40
5 to 10	1
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1