Weather Records on 3 March 1928

79 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1928. Highest significance: Uccle, BE.

Key Facts for 3 March 1928

On 3 March 1928, 79 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 77 daily.
Uccle set a daily record high maximum temperature of 17.8 C (64.0 F) on 3 March 1928.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 526 records.

Record Map

79 stations

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

Weather records on 3 March 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	350.5 mm (13.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	316.7 mm (12.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Dee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Corack East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tolarno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Box Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Navarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Echuca Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Dingee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Newstead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Abitibi Post	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Canary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Yandoit (Spring Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Paika	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tin Tin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

79 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 43, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 March 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	43
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 March 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 77.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

70 broken records

Margins by which the 70 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 1928

Top 20 records on 3 March 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1928	Uccle, BE	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	81 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1928	Oxford, GB	daily high max	18.4 C (65.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	68 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1928	Prahran (Como House), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1928	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	monthly rain	350.5 mm (13.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1928	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1928	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1928	Delta, US	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1928	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily low max	24.5 C (76.1 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1928	Rushworth, AU	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1928	Willapa Harbor, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	17 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1928	Kew, AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1928	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	39 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1928	Gilbert River Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1928	Innisfail, AU	monthly rain	316.7 mm (12.5 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	6 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1928	Bridgewater (Post Office), AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	10 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1928	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low max	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	43 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1928	Chatham, CA	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	36 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1928	Vestervig, DK	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	40 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1928	Tunis, TN	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	35 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1928	Glen Dee, AU	daily rain	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	38 years	16 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1928. 1928 had 79 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	60
10 to 20	7
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2