Weather Records on 3 February 1928

250 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 1928. Highest significance: O'Connell (Stratford), AU.

Key Facts for 3 February 1928

On 3 February 1928, 250 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
180 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 246 daily.
O'Connell (Stratford) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 73.2 mm (2.9 in) on 3 February 1928.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 556 records.

Record Map

250 stations

250 station records on 3 February 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
May Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kenalea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nimagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mungeribar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burrawang South Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bulgandramine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arundel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millers Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collendina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pallal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brindley Park 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Shearleys Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	98.0 cm (38.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

250 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 150, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 61, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 3 February 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	150
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	61
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 3 February 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 246.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

212 broken records

Margins by which the 212 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 1928

Top 20 records on 3 February 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 1928	O'Connell (Stratford), AU	monthly rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1928	Morpeth Post Office, AU	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1928	May Vale, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1928	Kenalea, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1928	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1928	Musgrave, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1928	Nimagee, AU	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1928	Mungeribar, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1928	Mykland, NO	monthly rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	13 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1928	Burrawang South Station, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1928	Bulgandramine, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1928	Macksville 8 NNE, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1928	Singleton Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1928	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	45 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1928	Fort National, DZ	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1928	Astrakan, RU	daily low max	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	41 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1928	Turkestan, KZ	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1928	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily rain	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1928	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1928	Walcha Post Office, AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	43 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1928. 1928 had 250 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	203
20 to 40	3
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1