Weather Records on 3 February 1924

343 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 1924. Highest significance: Colby, US.

Key Facts for 3 February 1924

On 3 February 1924, 343 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
224 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 341 daily.
Colby set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 3 February 1924.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 555 records.

Record Map

343 stations

343 station records on 3 February 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalpienung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warroo (Geeron)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Euston Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Puckawidgee Back	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trawalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Granville (Kentucky)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Butlerville 2 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Laen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bedooba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yandoit (Spring Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

343 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 126, Heaviest daily rainfall 115, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 3 February 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 February 1924 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 341.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

293 broken records

Margins by which the 293 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 1924

Top 20 records on 3 February 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 1924	Colby, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1924	Springsure Comet St, AU	all-time rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1924	Sussex, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1924	Warrinilla, AU	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1924	Avoca (Post Office), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1924	Officer (Jesmond Dene), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1924	Carroll, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1924	Eau Claire, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1924	Avoca, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1924	Crowlands (Woodlands), AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1924	Ballarat Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1924	Green Bay, US	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1924	Buangor 1, AU	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1924	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1924	Kalpienung, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1924	Warroo (Geeron), AU	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1924	Euston Station, AU	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1924	Puckawidgee Back, AU	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1924	Hay Springs, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1924	Wilkie, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 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

1795 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1924. 1924 had 343 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 20	284
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1