Weather Records on 3 March 1971

888 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1971. Highest significance: Darlington, US.

Key Facts for 3 March 1971

On 3 March 1971, 888 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 441 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 82 monthly and 805 daily.
Darlington set a monthly record daily precipitation of 106.7 mm (4.2 in) on 3 March 1971.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

888 stations

888 station records on 3 March 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Floraville Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hope	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Emery	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bankstown (Condell Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory Downs Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mangochi	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lorraine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chute Hemmings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chute Hemmings	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mecca Fire STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ware Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Keechelus	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

888 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 204, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 237, Heaviest daily rainfall 206, Heaviest daily snowfall 143, Deepest snow cover 55.

Records on 3 March 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	204
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	237
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	143
Deepest snow cover	55

Records on 3 March 1971 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 82, daily 805.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

753 broken records

Margins by which the 753 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1971

Top 20 records on 3 March 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1971	Darlington, US	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1971	Floraville Downs Station, AU	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1971	Sulphur Springs, US	monthly snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1971	Marion, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1971	Edenton, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1971	Donors Hill Station, AU	daily rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1971	Miranda (Blackwood St), AU	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1971	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	98 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1971	Augustus Downs Station, AU	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1971	Sans Souci (Public School), AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1971	Macdonald College, CA	daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1971	Port Hope, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1971	Washington Wwtp 4W, US	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	69 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1971	Emery, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1971	Bankstown (Condell Park), AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1971	Covington 3 SW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	77 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1971	Willard 4 SW, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1971	Gregory Downs Outstation, AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1971	Mangochi, MW	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1971	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	108 years	43 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1971. 1971 had 888 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 1971-03-03: 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 50	675
50 to 100	63
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2