Weather Records on 3 March 1943

1,533 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1943. Highest significance: Syferfontein, ZA.

Key Facts for 3 March 1943

On 3 March 1943, 1,533 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
42 were record highs and 1,250 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 467 monthly and 1,065 daily.
Syferfontein set a daily record precipitation of 69.9 mm (2.8 in) on 3 March 1943.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

1,533 stations

1,533 station records on 3 March 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Syferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lintons Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burracoppin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dalwallinu Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Norwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walk Walkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nungarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bronkhorstspruit (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morawa West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moningarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kokardine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hakea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spicer	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coorow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cooarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dullabcherra	India	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leopold Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koobabbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yandanooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barpukhuri	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palasbari	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orangajuli	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Three Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koyah	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ytiniche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nangetty	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
University	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dingley Dell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hailakundi India	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,533 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 526, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 724, Heaviest daily rainfall 192, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 3 March 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	526
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	724
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 3 March 1943 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 467, daily 1,065.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,300 broken records

Margins by which the 1,300 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 700.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1943

Top 20 records on 3 March 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1943	Syferfontein, ZA	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1943	Lintons Station, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1943	Burracoppin, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1943	Dalwallinu Comparison, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1943	Norwood, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1943	Walk Walkin, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1943	Nungarin, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1943	Concordia (Bos), ZA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1943	Bronkhorstspruit (Mun), ZA	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1943	Morawa West, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1943	Moningarin, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1943	Kokardine, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1943	Hakea, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1943	Spicer, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1943	Coorow, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1943	Huntsville, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1943	Bradenton Exp STN, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1943	Cooarra, AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1943	Dullabcherra, IN	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1943	Leopold Downs, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	17 years	38 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1943. 1943 had 1,533 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 1943-03-03: 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 100	1,295
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1