Weather Records on 3 March 1960

2,276 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1960. Highest significance: Ny City Cntrl Park, US.

Key Facts for 3 March 1960

On 3 March 1960, 2,276 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 1,340 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 342 monthly and 1,920 daily.
Ny City Cntrl Park set a daily record snowfall of 31.8 cm (12.5 in) on 3 March 1960.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 3 March 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Palmerton	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Penugonda	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria da Boa Vista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Condon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New Canton	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Henryville Sf	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	52.3 cm (20.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Halaula 1110	United States	Record daily precipitation	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.9 cm (15.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kealia 1112	United States	Record daily precipitation	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Piranhas (Marechal Floriano)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kharagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Radford 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Friend	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,276 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 860, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 480, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Heaviest daily snowfall 403, Deepest snow cover 229.

Records on 3 March 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	860
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	480
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	403
Deepest snow cover	229

Records on 3 March 1960 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 342, daily 1,920.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,953 broken records

Margins by which the 1,953 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 434.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1960

Top 20 records on 3 March 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1960	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	24.2 cm (9.5 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1960	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	100 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1960	Palmerton, US	monthly snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1960	Collegeville St Joe AP, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1960	World Trade Ctr, US	daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	28.1 cm (11.1 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1960	Belvidere, US	monthly snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1960	Lexington, US	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1960	Penugonda, IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1960	Independence, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1960	Long Branch-Oakhurst, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1960	Tryon, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1960	Santa Maria da Boa Vista, BR	all-time rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1960	Cowichan Bay Cherry Point, CA	monthly snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	4 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1960	White Hall 1 E, US	all-time snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1960	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1960	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1960	Napoleon, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1960	Bend, US	monthly snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1960	Condon, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1960	New Canton, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 years	55 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1960. 1960 had 2,276 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 100	1,824
100 to 200	108
200 to 300	17
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1