Weather Records on 3 March 1963

309 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1963. Highest significance: Wheatland 4N, US.

Key Facts for 3 March 1963

On 3 March 1963, 309 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 294 daily.
Wheatland 4N set a monthly record daily snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 3 March 1963.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

309 stations

309 station records on 3 March 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wheatland 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kulin Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Cochin	India	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tenindewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mettupalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wilson (Nooroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Luiz Correia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kojnas	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stapleton 5 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bodocongo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Leesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Big Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dalton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tirunelveli	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vectis, Winterton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hecla	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tenindewa Bindu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

309 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 40.

Records on 3 March 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	40

Records on 3 March 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 294.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

256 broken records

Margins by which the 256 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1963

Top 20 records on 3 March 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1963	Wheatland 4N, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	65 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1963	Kulin Rock, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1963	Fort Cochin, IN	daily rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1963	Ashland, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1963	Regensburg, DE	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1963	Tenindewa, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1963	Farmland 5 NNW, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1963	Hiram, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1963	Angola, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1963	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1963	Sidney 6NNW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1963	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily low min	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	74 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1963	Nurnberg, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1963	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1963	Ft Collins, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	66 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1963	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1963	Lubeck-Werft, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	67 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1963	Lima Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1963	Mettupalayam, IN	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1963	Mount Wilson (Nooroo), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	72 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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1963. 1963 had 309 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 50	217
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	1