Weather Records on 3 March 1962

568 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1962. Highest significance: West Leichhardt Station, AU.

Key Facts for 3 March 1962

On 3 March 1962, 568 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 286 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 524 daily.
West Leichhardt Station set a daily record precipitation of 100.3 mm (3.9 in) on 3 March 1962.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 523 records.

Record Map

568 stations

568 station records on 3 March 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
West Leichhardt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keno	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Isa Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Penola Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwelton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morstone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Patroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Headingly Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moselle Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Graysville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Granada Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Isa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stamford Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wilburra Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	118.0 cm (46.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eddington Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nelia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chambers	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Three Lynx	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

568 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 179, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 107, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 61, Deepest snow cover 70.

Records on 3 March 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	179
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	107
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	61
Deepest snow cover	70

Records on 3 March 1962 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 43, daily 524.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

433 broken records

Margins by which the 433 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1962

Top 20 records on 3 March 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1962	West Leichhardt Station, AU	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1962	McBride 4SE, CA	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1962	Hampton, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1962	Keno, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1962	Gregory, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1962	Mount Isa Mine, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1962	Penola Downs Station, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1962	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1962	Concrete Ppl Fish STN, US	monthly snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1962	Sheldon, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1962	Maxwelton Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1962	Twin Falls 2 NNE, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1962	Portage Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1962	Morstone Station, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1962	Adams, US	monthly low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	61 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1962	Patroy Station, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1962	Aramac Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1962	Headingly Station, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1962	Winnemucca AP, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1962	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	monthly low min	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	2 years	35 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1962. 1962 had 568 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	411
100 to 200	14
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	1