Weather Records on 3 March 1944

366 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1944. Highest significance: Mahabalipuram Obsy, IN.

Key Facts for 3 March 1944

On 3 March 1944, 366 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 358 daily.
Mahabalipuram Obsy set a daily record precipitation of 54.1 mm (2.1 in) on 3 March 1944.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

366 stations

366 station records on 3 March 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mahabalipuram Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fogo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parasala	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Narsingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vanur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oracle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shujalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brandfort (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aledo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saidapet	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sriperumbudur	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurwai	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ratlam	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

366 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 107, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 3 March 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	107
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 3 March 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 358.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

311 broken records

Margins by which the 311 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1944

Top 20 records on 3 March 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1944	Mahabalipuram Obsy, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1944	Willowvale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1944	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1944	Concordia ASOS, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.2 cm (6.4 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1944	Kentani (Bos), ZA	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1944	Fort Good Hope 2, CA	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1944	Fogo, CA	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1944	Parasala, IN	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1944	Narsingarh, IN	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1944	Vanur, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1944	Lucknow, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1944	Oracle, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1944	Shujalpur, IN	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1944	Pinal Rch, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1944	Lysebotn, NO	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	38 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1944	Swellendam (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1944	Tahoe City, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1944	Lakefield, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	68 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1944	Kimball 2NE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1944	Manati 2 E, PR	monthly low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	43 years	29 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1944. 1944 had 366 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 50	289
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1