Weather Records on 3 February 1940

492 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 1940. Highest significance: Kleve, DE.

Key Facts for 3 February 1940

On 3 February 1940, 492 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 481 daily.
Kleve set a daily record snow depth of 17.0 cm (6.7 in) on 3 February 1940.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 554 records.

Record Map

492 stations

492 station records on 3 February 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kleve	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Huxley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Calvinia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Graman (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Blankenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Truchas	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Budhana	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ambari	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deo	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jagadhari	India	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dadupur	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coreena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bradshaw Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lochnagar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Denison Hwy 60 Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

492 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 326, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 3 February 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	326
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 3 February 1940 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 481.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

429 broken records

Margins by which the 429 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 1940

Top 20 records on 3 February 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 1940	Kleve, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1940	Aberdeen (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1940	Barcaldine Post Office, AU	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1940	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1940	Putbus, DE	daily low min	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1940	Graham, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1940	Huxley, ZA	monthly rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1940	Calvinia, ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1940	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1940	Murraysburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1940	Gainesville, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1940	Camboon Station, AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1940	Graman (Willowie), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1940	Bad Blankenburg, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1940	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1940	Bakensrug, ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1940	Clarendon, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1940	Truchas, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1940	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1940	Ebrach, DE	daily snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 years	34 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1940. 1940 had 492 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	402
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1