Weather Records on 3 March 1983

1,676 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1983. Highest significance: Adelaide (Parafield Plant Intr, AU.

Key Facts for 3 March 1983

On 3 March 1983, 1,676 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,059 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 89 monthly and 1,583 daily.
Adelaide (Parafield Plant Intr set a monthly record daily precipitation of 66.4 mm (2.6 in) on 3 March 1983.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

1,676 stations

1,676 station records on 3 March 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adelaide (Parafield Plant Intr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Auburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Dutton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.2 mm (5.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
La Junta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Namiquipa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Port Dock Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Torrens Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Phoenix AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Owen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Australia Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Adelaide (Seaton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Chula Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Glenelg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
San Javier	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Madera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Topia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Smoky Bay (Puntabie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Point Pass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Robertstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Los Divisaderos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Batopilas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Poway Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Twentynine Palms	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hamley Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ceduna AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Mullaquana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Srinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Griggs 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Worlds End)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gawler Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale (Turretfield Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton (Glen Ewin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glenthorne Exp Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka (Mount Arrowsmith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Guaira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Parafield Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,676 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 540, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 519, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 511, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 3 March 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	540
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	519
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	511
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 3 March 1983 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 89, daily 1,583.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,420 broken records

Margins by which the 1,420 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 991.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1983

Top 20 records on 3 March 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1983	Adelaide (Parafield Plant Intr, AU	monthly rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	78 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1983	Angaston, AU	monthly rain	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	78 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1983	Auburn, AU	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1983	Nuriootpa, AU	monthly rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	73 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1983	Adelaide (Pooraka), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1983	Stockwell, AU	monthly rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1983	Dutton, AU	all-time rain	150.2 mm (5.9 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1983	Hoyleton, AU	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1983	La Junta, MX	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1983	Namiquipa, MX	monthly rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1983	Adelaide (Port Dock Railway St, AU	monthly rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1983	Adelaide (Torrens Island), AU	monthly rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1983	Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1983	Phoenix AP, US	monthly rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1983	Owen, AU	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1983	Australia Plains, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	57 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1983	Adelaide (Seaton), AU	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1983	Truro, AU	all-time rain	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	93 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1983	Chula Vista, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1983	Clare Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)

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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1983. 1983 had 1,676 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 200	1,419
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1