Weather Records on 3 March 1918

61 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1918. Highest significance: Bobundara, AU.

Key Facts for 3 March 1918

On 3 March 1918, 61 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 61 daily.
Bobundara set a daily record precipitation of 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 3 March 1918.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 526 records.

Record Map

61 stations

61 station records on 3 March 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gredgwin (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benjeroop (Davey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Quorn (Round Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Calivil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Quambatook South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Jeruk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Rail (Dalyenong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Lorquon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Yallook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Macedon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Cuthero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Talbot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

61 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1918 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 39, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 3 March 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	39
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 March 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 61.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

57 broken records

Margins by which the 57 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1918

Top 20 records on 3 March 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1918	Bobundara, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1918	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	14.2 C (57.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	71 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1918	Edmonton, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1918	Bustard Head Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1918	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1918	Bacchus Marsh, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1918	Gredgwin (Barraport North), AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1918	Benjeroop (Davey), AU	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1918	Edmonton, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1918	Lake Marmal, AU	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1918	Kiandra Chalet, AU	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	47 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1918	Pitea, SE	daily high min	1.0 C (33.8 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	34 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1918	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high max	13.8 C (56.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1918	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high min	6.8 C (44.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	39 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1918	Lorne Post Office, AU	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	23 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1918	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	29 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1918	Quorn (Round Hill), AU	daily rain	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	33 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1918	Yarrawalla South, AU	daily rain	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	4 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1918	Wedderburn (Post Office), AU	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1918	St Albans, CA	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	25 years	14 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

1804 to 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1918. 1918 had 61 records.

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

Records on 03-03 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	3
1846	3
1850	1
1851	2
1852	1
1853	1
1859	2
1862	2
1863	1
1866	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1875	1
1877	2
1878	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	8
1891	2
1892	3
1893	1
1895	2
1896	6
1897	6
1898	4
1899	3
1900	9
1901	10
1902	8
1903	14
1904	9
1905	21
1906	24
1907	6
1908	7
1909	32
1910	6
1911	13
1912	73
1913	34
1914	24
1915	18
1916	36
1917	60
1918	61
1919	76
1920	56
1921	138
1922	56
1923	280
1924	83
1925	406
1926	152
1927	143
1928	79
1929	173
1930	203
1931	259
1932	279
1933	143
1934	504
1935	248
1936	265
1937	187
1938	455
1939	179
1940	300
1941	819
1942	454
1943	1,533
1944	366
1945	649
1946	530
1947	761
1948	449
1949	266
1950	780
1951	1,006
1952	810
1953	668
1954	480
1955	884
1956	669
1957	261
1958	247
1959	360
1960	2,276
1961	650
1962	568
1963	309
1964	794
1965	835
1966	949
1967	520
1968	697
1969	395
1970	705
1971	888
1972	1,141
1973	557
1974	1,849
1975	534
1976	1,611
1977	949
1978	1,504
1979	1,037
1980	1,741
1981	642
1982	968
1983	1,676
1984	378
1985	740
1986	987
1987	1,497
1988	1,081
1989	1,443
1990	775
1991	1,169
1992	1,354
1993	607
1994	1,574
1995	1,234
1996	693
1997	1,704
1998	957
1999	1,187
2000	1,049
2001	903
2002	1,880
2003	876
2004	778
2005	727
2006	604
2007	888
2008	917
2009	1,671
2010	685
2011	677
2012	866
2013	719
2014	2,301
2015	543
2016	545
2017	315
2018	516
2019	1,795
2020	678
2021	553
2022	962
2023	809
2024	1,359
2025	695
2026	970

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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 10	46
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1