Weather Records on 3 March 1941

819 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1941. Highest significance: Adelaide West Terrace, AU.

Key Facts for 3 March 1941

On 3 March 1941, 819 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
94 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 813 daily.
Adelaide West Terrace set a daily record precipitation of 31.2 mm (1.2 in) on 3 March 1941.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

819 stations

819 station records on 3 March 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cicero Dantas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia Sheedy Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Invergordon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kondoolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Edgar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Terowie (Neathvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Lofty Summit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coongan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whyte Yarcowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cobram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Menasha	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wartook Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Magill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rose Isle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Neemuch	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

819 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 627, Heaviest daily snowfall 53, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 3 March 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	627
Heaviest daily snowfall	53
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 3 March 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 813.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

757 broken records

Margins by which the 757 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1941

Top 20 records on 3 March 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1941	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1941	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1941	Finley Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1941	Grand Rapids Wb City, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1941	Hoyleton, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1941	Port Victoria, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1941	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1941	Strathbogie North, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1941	Holland Wtp, US	monthly rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1941	Smithfield, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1941	Cicero Dantas, BR	daily rain	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1941	Mallala, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1941	Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1941	Virginia Sheedy Road, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1941	Coromandel Valley (Branden), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1941	Adelaide (Morphett Vale), AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1941	Maitland, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1941	Happy Valley Reservoir, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1941	Stirling, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1941	Invergordon, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)

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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1941. 1941 had 819 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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Data for records on 1941-03-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	637
20 to 40	92
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	5
120 to 140	2