Weather Records on 3 March 1964

794 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1964. Highest significance: Kottarakara, IN.

Key Facts for 3 March 1964

On 3 March 1964, 794 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
398 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 779 daily.
Kottarakara set a daily record precipitation of 67.3 mm (2.6 in) on 3 March 1964.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

794 stations

794 station records on 3 March 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kottarakara	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mundau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aracati	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Amontada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elberta	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Safford	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uruque	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hanksville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blue	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uthamapalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Junta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vaughn	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blue	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bumberry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pukwana 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Acu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saranac Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Campo Maior	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lynch	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mulungu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Pompeu Sobrinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Santo Antonio de Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waneta	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chinle	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Unionville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Acude General Sampaio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose de Mipibu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

794 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 207, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 191, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 76, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 3 March 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	207
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	191
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	76
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 3 March 1964 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 779.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

621 broken records

Margins by which the 621 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1964

Top 20 records on 3 March 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1964	Kottarakara, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1964	Mundau, BR	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1964	Aracati, BR	all-time rain	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1964	Amontada, BR	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1964	Chandler, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1964	Academy 2NE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1964	Elberta, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1964	Walnut Grove, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1964	Blakely, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1964	Safford, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1964	Uruque, BR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1964	Abbeville 4S, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1964	Albany 3 SE, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1964	Hanksville, US	monthly snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1964	Port Stanley, CA	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	81 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1964	Bathurst, CA	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	81 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1964	Blue, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1964	Montreal McGill, CA	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1964	Uthamapalayam, IN	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1964	La Junta, MX	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	8.8 C (15.8 F)	41 years	36 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1964. 1964 had 794 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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Data for records on 1964-03-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	533
25 to 50	41
50 to 75	17
75 to 100	17
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	2