Weather Records on 3 March 1955

884 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1955. Highest significance: Marree Comparison, AU.

Key Facts for 3 March 1955

On 3 March 1955, 884 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
334 were record highs and 272 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 837 daily.
Marree Comparison set a daily record precipitation of 89.2 mm (3.5 in) on 3 March 1955.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

884 stations

884 station records on 3 March 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mungeranie (Cowarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Finniss Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Copley (Yankaninna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Canowindra (Canowindra Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Copley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hedley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Junee St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eurugabah Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carboor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga Agricultural Insti	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Matong (Bonnie Doon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Narua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Punalur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Mycumbene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Westwold	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brynawe, Paddock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Farina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mossgiel (Boondara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Powell River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pakur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waukegan	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yenda (Henry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Telkwa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marrar (Centenary Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roodekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kings Tablelands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

884 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 183, Lowest daily maximum 177, Highest daily minimum 151, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 241, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 3 March 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	183
Lowest daily maximum	177
Highest daily minimum	151
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	241
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 3 March 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 46, daily 837.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

712 broken records

Margins by which the 712 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1955

Top 20 records on 3 March 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1955	Marree Comparison, AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1955	Booligal (Belmont), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1955	Broken Hill (Kars), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1955	Mungeranie (Cowarie), AU	all-time rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1955	Gospic, HR	daily rain	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1955	Finniss Springs, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1955	Copley (Yankaninna), AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1955	Braidwood (Wallace Street), AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1955	Canowindra (Canowindra Street), AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1955	Bungendore (Gidleigh), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1955	Copley, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1955	Hedley, CA	monthly low min	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1955	Grong Grong (Junee St), AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1955	Blinman, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1955	Eurugabah Station, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1955	Carboor, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1955	Masset Airport, CA	daily low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1955	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1955	Wagga Wagga Agricultural Insti, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1955	Matong (Bonnie Doon), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	42 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1955. 1955 had 884 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	651
20 to 40	44
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1