Weather Records on 3 March 1973

557 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1973. Highest significance: Juliana, ZA.

Key Facts for 3 March 1973

On 3 March 1973, 557 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
398 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 549 daily.
Juliana set a monthly record daily precipitation of 105.5 mm (4.2 in) on 3 March 1973.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 523 records.

Record Map

557 stations

557 station records on 3 March 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Juliana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ceylon (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cotegipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	175.0 cm (68.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Lake	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hinckley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
La Poza Grande	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moa Island Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Martiros	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tobermory	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kirrama Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

557 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 289, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 March 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	289
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 March 1973 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 549.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

406 broken records

Margins by which the 406 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 420.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1973

Top 20 records on 3 March 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1973	Juliana, ZA	monthly rain	105.5 mm (4.2 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1973	Abilene, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1973	Iroquois Falls, CA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1973	Ceylon (Bos), ZA	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1973	Toledo Blade, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1973	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1973	Durham, CA	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	83 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1973	Valparaiso Wtr Wks, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	78 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1973	Woodburn State Forest, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1973	Cotegipe, BR	all-time rain	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1973	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily snow depth	175.0 cm (68.9 in)	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	63 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1973	Defiance, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	73 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1973	Findlay Wpcc, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	67 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1973	Emerson, CA	daily high min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1973	Lucknow, CA	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	83 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1973	Goodland, US	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1973	Port Hastings, CA	daily low min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1973	Long Prairie, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	78 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1973	Rochester, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1973	Portal, US	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	68 years	30 of 100 (Routine)

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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1973. 1973 had 557 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 100	405
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1