Weather Records on 3 February 1975

516 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 1975. Highest significance: Nome AP, US.

Key Facts for 3 February 1975

On 3 February 1975, 516 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
131 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 496 daily.
Nome AP set a daily record snowfall of 20.1 cm (7.9 in) on 3 February 1975.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 554 records.

Record Map

516 stations

516 station records on 3 February 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nome AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lahaina 361	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kihei 311	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Three Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mzimba	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Culver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Musquash	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newhall S Fc32Ce	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gander Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Summit	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anatone	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tekoa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Helena 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Helvecia (Efbm)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carway	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Colinet	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dividalen	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Acton Escondido Fc261	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kem-Port	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glendora Fc 287B	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tulelake	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Unity	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vargem Grande Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Acude	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weaverville	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-31.3 C (-24.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

516 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 232, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 3 February 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	232
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 3 February 1975 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 14, daily 496.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

435 broken records

Margins by which the 435 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 219.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 1975

Top 20 records on 3 February 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 1975	Nome AP, US	daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1975	Wallace, US	daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	21.9 cm (8.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1975	Rapelje, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1975	Buffalo, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1975	Rapelje, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1975	Temple, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1975	Lahaina 361, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1975	Kihei 311, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1975	Friend 3E, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1975	Ventura, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1975	Three Creek, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1975	Mzimba, MW	monthly rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1975	Culver City, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1975	Cairns Aero, AU	daily low min	18.7 C (65.7 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1975	Musquash, CA	all-time low min	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1975	Valley Junction, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1975	Tuba City, US	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1975	Newhall S Fc32Ce, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1975	Grindstone Island, CA	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	81 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 February 1975	Gander Int'l A, CA	all-time low min	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	18 years	33 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

1795 to 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1975. 1975 had 516 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-03 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1809	1
1812	1
1830	2
1839	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	3
1866	2
1869	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	3
1897	5
1898	5
1899	2
1900	2
1901	7
1902	6
1903	11
1904	5
1905	13
1906	5
1907	19
1908	9
1909	28
1910	13
1911	44
1912	69
1913	13
1914	77
1915	28
1916	57
1917	113
1918	29
1919	126
1920	51
1921	81
1922	68
1923	148
1924	343
1925	171
1926	147
1927	650
1928	250
1929	132
1930	174
1931	317
1932	438
1933	148
1934	553
1935	308
1936	446
1937	176
1938	349
1939	708
1940	492
1941	315
1942	260
1943	469
1944	352
1945	340
1946	435
1947	227
1948	379
1949	434
1950	974
1951	727
1952	540
1953	766
1954	767
1955	633
1956	1,026
1957	326
1958	294
1959	515
1960	584
1961	701
1962	1,104
1963	1,073
1964	270
1965	369
1966	562
1967	637
1968	750
1969	382
1970	1,260
1971	749
1972	777
1973	1,038
1974	586
1975	516
1976	759
1977	450
1978	652
1979	1,362
1980	617
1981	732
1982	1,574
1983	1,667
1984	521
1985	1,918
1986	1,557
1987	684
1988	1,033
1989	3,626
1990	1,839
1991	1,432
1992	1,313
1993	765
1994	679
1995	1,138
1996	3,705
1997	775
1998	1,175
1999	893
2000	634
2001	1,031
2002	1,447
2003	1,166
2004	1,663
2005	1,711
2006	949
2007	1,159
2008	760
2009	524
2010	1,720
2011	2,215
2012	1,638
2013	457
2014	801
2015	852
2016	1,698
2017	500
2018	1,001
2019	1,018
2020	1,595
2021	896
2022	951
2023	330
2024	837
2025	1,667
2026	509

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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 50	420
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2