Weather Records on 3 March 1937

187 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1937. Highest significance: Belconnen (Weetangerra), AU.

Key Facts for 3 March 1937

On 3 March 1937, 187 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 185 daily.
Belconnen (Weetangerra) set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 3 March 1937.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 525 records.

Record Map

187 stations

187 station records on 3 March 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
King River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Norcia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Canberra (Duntroon Military Co	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jeir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spalding (Bundaleer Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chidavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe (Bonuna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eurugabah Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murtoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerramungup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balladonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hall (Lochleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burruer (Illaroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-47.1 C (-52.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
French Island (Tankerton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Shepherds Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yass (Linton Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lynwood 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-39.2 C (-38.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wongan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Millthorpe (Inala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

187 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 118, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 3 March 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 3 March 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 185.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

158 broken records

Margins by which the 158 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 420.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1937

Top 20 records on 3 March 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1937	Belconnen (Weetangerra), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1937	King River, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1937	Grassmere, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1937	Ravensthorpe, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1937	Willowmore, ZA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1937	New Norcia, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1937	Hopetoun, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1937	Wellwood, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1937	Michelago (Soglio), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1937	Hana 354, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1937	Canberra (Duntroon Military Co, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1937	Hollister 1 SW, US	monthly high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1937	Coolgardie Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1937	Jeir, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1937	Dras, IN	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1937	Ft Stanton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	22 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1937	Albany, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1937	Trinidad, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1937	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	53 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1937	Kapunda, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 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

1804 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1937. 1937 had 187 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 100	154
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1