Weather Records on 3 March 1972

1,141 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1972. Highest significance: Hillsboro, US.

Key Facts for 3 March 1972

On 3 March 1972, 1,141 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
441 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 1,108 daily.
Hillsboro set an all-time record daily snowfall of 38.6 cm (15.2 in) on 3 March 1972.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

1,141 stations

1,141 station records on 3 March 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.6 cm (15.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Barunah Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kaalplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gudgenby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ora Banda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laranjeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Keno	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wickiup Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arizona	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clarington Lock 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boqueirao Do Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whitney Point Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colinet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kidston Gold Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koetong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Frogmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Culcairn Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Disston 1 NE Laying Ck	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dutton River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,141 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 227, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 214, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 433, Heaviest daily snowfall 70, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 3 March 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	227
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	214
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	433
Heaviest daily snowfall	70
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 3 March 1972 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 29, daily 1,108.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

953 broken records

Margins by which the 953 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1972

Top 20 records on 3 March 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1972	Hillsboro, US	all-time snowfall	38.6 cm (15.2 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1972	Bradford Cntrl Fs, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1972	Barunah Plains, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1972	Le Roy, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1972	Towanda 1 S, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1972	Cornwall, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1972	Kaalplaas, ZA	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1972	Britton, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1972	Gudgenby, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1972	Britstown (Pol), ZA	all-time rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1972	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	93 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1972	Ora Banda, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1972	Tumut (Wattle Cres), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1972	Laranjeiras, BR	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1972	Chestnut Hill, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1972	Little Falls 2NNE, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1972	Keno, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1972	Wickiup Dam, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1972	Williams 1 NW, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1972	Myrniong, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	44 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1972. 1972 had 1,141 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 20	840
20 to 40	76
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	9
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2