Weather Records on 3 February 1933

148 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 1933. Highest significance: Borroloola, AU.

Key Facts for 3 February 1933

On 3 February 1933, 148 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 147 daily.
Borroloola set a daily record precipitation of 209.3 mm (8.2 in) on 3 February 1933.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 556 records.

Record Map

148 stations

148 station records on 3 February 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	209.3 mm (8.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	302.3 mm (11.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	306.8 mm (12.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	210.3 mm (8.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dibrugarh Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	196.1 mm (7.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Creek Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hondo	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

148 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 38, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 February 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	38
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 February 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 147.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

114 broken records

Margins by which the 114 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 210.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 1933

Top 20 records on 3 February 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 1933	Borroloola, AU	daily rain	209.3 mm (8.2 in)	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1933	Yarrabah Comm Council, AU	daily rain	302.3 mm (11.9 in)	210.1 mm (8.3 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1933	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	306.8 mm (12.1 in)	203.4 mm (8.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1933	Victoria Cp&L, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1933	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	210.3 mm (8.3 in)	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1933	Dibrugarh Obsy, IN	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1933	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	196.1 mm (7.7 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1933	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1933	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1933	Coimbra, PT	daily high max	25.2 C (77.4 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1933	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1933	Ovando, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1933	Castle Dale, US	monthly low max	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1933	Chatham, CA	daily high min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	53 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1933	Setif, DZ	daily high max	16.0 C (60.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	53 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1933	Sandvig, DK	daily high max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1933	Durham, GB	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	48 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1933	Houlton, US	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1933	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	69 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1933	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	36 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1933. 1933 had 148 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 50	104
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2