Weather Records on 3 March 1970

705 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1970. Highest significance: Delaware 3 WSW, US.

Key Facts for 3 March 1970

On 3 March 1970, 705 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
213 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 682 daily.
Delaware 3 WSW set a daily record precipitation of 43.9 mm (1.7 in) on 3 March 1970.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

705 stations

705 station records on 3 March 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elbow Lake 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Amenia	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anamosa 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Durango	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Andover	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roseau	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sacaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bonfim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ear Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nuzvid	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chaurai	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Patos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Majhgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

705 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 192, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 408, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 3 March 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	192
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	408
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 3 March 1970 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 20, daily 682.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

609 broken records

Margins by which the 609 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1970

Top 20 records on 3 March 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1970	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1970	Williamsburg 1E, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1970	Fremont, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1970	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1970	Red Lake Falls, US	monthly rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1970	Anadia, BR	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1970	Conway, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1970	Penedo, BR	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1970	Raymond 3 NE, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1970	Potsdam, DE	daily snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1970	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1970	Wahpeton 3 N, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1970	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1970	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1970	Toledo 3N, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1970	Baudette, US	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1970	Elbow Lake 5 E, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1970	Babb 6 NE, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1970	Amenia, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1970	Pella 1S, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	47 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1970. 1970 had 705 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 1970-03-03: 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	529
25 to 50	58
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	3