Weather Records on 3 March 1942

454 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1942. Highest significance: Derry 4 SW, US.

Key Facts for 3 March 1942

On 3 March 1942, 454 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 431 daily.
Derry 4 SW set an all-time record daily snowfall of 61.0 cm (24.0 in) on 3 March 1942.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 523 records.

Record Map

454 stations

454 station records on 3 March 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kuttiadi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cream Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.3 cm (14.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grove City	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Millsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ryan	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

454 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 275, Heaviest daily snowfall 65, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 3 March 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	65
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 3 March 1942 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 18, daily 431.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

413 broken records

Margins by which the 413 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1942

Top 20 records on 3 March 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1942	Derry 4 SW, US	all-time snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	6 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1942	State College, US	daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1942	Alfred, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1942	Angelica, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1942	Johnstown, US	daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1942	Lockport 2SE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1942	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1942	Towanda 1 S, US	daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1942	Newell, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1942	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1942	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1942	Greensburg 2 S, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1942	Emporium 1 E, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1942	St Catharines, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1942	Kuttiadi, IN	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1942	Buffalo, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	14.8 cm (5.8 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1942	Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1942	Addison, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1942	Warren, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1942	Woodstock 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 years	49 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1942. 1942 had 454 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 1942-03-03: 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 50	364
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	12
200 to 250	8
250 to 300	5
300 to 350	2