Weather Records on 3 March 1957

261 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1957. Highest significance: Lithgow (Cooerwull), AU.

Key Facts for 3 March 1957

On 3 March 1957, 261 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 252 daily.
Lithgow (Cooerwull) set a daily record precipitation of 52.6 mm (2.1 in) on 3 March 1957.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

261 stations

261 station records on 3 March 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chatrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
De Aar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Karauli	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dewas Ar.	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rajnandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Itchapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cranganore	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jashpurnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caracara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stockdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amsterdam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Union	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Austral Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin 91	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tenkasi	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hoshangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arasadi	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mangrulpir	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wani	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lorinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bhilai	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maranboy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wargundy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bemidji	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Northdown (Hamley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.6 C (-37.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Verkeerdevlei (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berasia	India	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dhamtari	India	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dongargaon	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keonjhargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rosenberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khapari	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goedemoed (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

261 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 199, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 March 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	199
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 March 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 252.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

227 broken records

Margins by which the 227 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1957

Top 20 records on 3 March 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1957	Lithgow (Cooerwull), AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1957	Chatrapur, IN	monthly rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1957	De Aar, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1957	Karauli, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1957	Gopalpur, IN	monthly rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1957	Dewas Ar., IN	monthly rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1957	Rajnandgaon, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1957	Itchapuram, IN	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1957	Cranganore, IN	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1957	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1957	Oak City, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1957	Palakonda, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1957	Jashpurnagar, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1957	Karanjia, IN	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1957	Caracara, BR	all-time rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1957	Stockdale, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1957	Amsterdam (Pol), ZA	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1957	Union, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1957	Santaquin Chlorinator, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1957	Austral Downs, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	32 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1957. 1957 had 261 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 10	152
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1