Weather Records on 3 March 1966

949 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1966. Highest significance: Karikode, IN.

Key Facts for 3 March 1966

On 3 March 1966, 949 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
256 were record highs and 362 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 110 monthly and 834 daily.
Karikode set a monthly record daily precipitation of 175.2 mm (6.9 in) on 3 March 1966.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

949 stations

949 station records on 3 March 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Karikode	India	Record daily precipitation	175.2 mm (6.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Grafton	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Warroad	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oakes	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.1 cm (15.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttle	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mine Centre	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goat Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haidarakan	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Badgam	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kayatnur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

949 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 67, Lowest daily maximum 178, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 184, Heaviest daily rainfall 224, Heaviest daily snowfall 88, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 3 March 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	67
Lowest daily maximum	178
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	184
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	88
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 3 March 1966 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 110, daily 834.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

750 broken records

Margins by which the 750 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1966

Top 20 records on 3 March 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1966	Karikode, IN	monthly rain	175.2 mm (6.9 in)	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	28 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1966	Grafton, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1966	Grafton, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1966	Warroad, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1966	Lemmon, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1966	Ada, US	all-time snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1966	Eureka, US	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1966	Ica, RU	monthly rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1966	Oakes, US	monthly rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1966	Indian Bay, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1966	Spearfish, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1966	Steele 4N, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1966	Eureka, US	all-time snowfall	39.1 cm (15.4 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1966	Ashley, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1966	Napoleon, US	daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	11.1 cm (4.4 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1966	Tuttle, US	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1966	Deadwood, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1966	Emerson, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1966	Itasca UNIV of Minn, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1966	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	monthly snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	26 years	49 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1966. 1966 had 949 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 1966-03-03: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 3 March 1966
Margin	Records
0 to 50	697
50 to 100	28
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	5