Weather Records on 3 March 1982

968 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1982. Highest significance: Riddle, US.

Key Facts for 3 March 1982

On 3 March 1982, 968 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
121 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 938 daily.
Riddle set a monthly record daily precipitation of 77.5 mm (3.1 in) on 3 March 1982.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

968 stations

968 station records on 3 March 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Riddle	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Windermere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.0 mm (6.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Plane Creek Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	237.0 mm (9.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sarina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	257.0 mm (10.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.8 mm (6.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	224.0 mm (8.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Amamoor Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bulwer (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Doornkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lindeman Island Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.9 mm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Herford	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Uddevalla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stiege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Braunlage	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Spencer 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newlyn - Cynthia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pleystowe Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	222.0 mm (8.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Havelund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kalarka Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muniz Freire (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
The Hirsel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Vale Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carangola	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Firth	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Theodore Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wondai Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Serdan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Booroondarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Abercorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kwepertuin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plentywood	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Injune Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	252.0 mm (9.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hornkullen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

968 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 619, Heaviest daily snowfall 130, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 3 March 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	619
Heaviest daily snowfall	130
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 3 March 1982 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 25, daily 938.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

852 broken records

Margins by which the 852 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 340.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1982

Top 20 records on 3 March 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1982	Riddle, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	73 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1982	Windermere, AU	all-time rain	165.0 mm (6.5 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1982	Brocken, DE	daily rain	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1982	Plane Creek Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	237.0 mm (9.3 in)	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1982	Sarina Post Office, AU	daily rain	257.0 mm (10.1 in)	171.9 mm (6.8 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1982	St Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	169.8 mm (6.7 in)	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1982	Collaroy Station, AU	monthly rain	224.0 mm (8.8 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1982	Amamoor Forestry, AU	daily rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	134.7 mm (5.3 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1982	Schierke, DE	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1982	Bulwer (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1982	Doornkop, ZA	daily rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1982	Lindeman Island Resort, AU	daily rain	176.9 mm (7.0 in)	126.6 mm (5.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1982	Camboon Station, AU	daily rain	100.9 mm (4.0 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1982	Herford, DE	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1982	Uddevalla, SE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1982	Gympie, AU	daily rain	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	94 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1982	Stiege, DE	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1982	Braunlage, DE	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1982	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1982	Mount Spencer 2, AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	87 years	49 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1982. 1982 had 968 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 1982-03-03: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	788
50 to 100	46
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1