Weather Records on 3 February 1985

1,918 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 1985. Highest significance: Walnut Grove, US.

Key Facts for 3 February 1985

On 3 February 1985, 1,918 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
132 were record highs and 1,226 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 18 were all-time records, 110 monthly and 1,790 daily.
Walnut Grove set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 3 February 1985.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 545 records.

Record Map

1,918 stations

1,918 station records on 3 February 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Malvern	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Jerome	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Childs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ione 18 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma Castle Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Curtain 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blue	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gisela	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Van Vleet	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arivaca	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Berea College	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhorn	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wickenburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,918 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 81, Lowest daily maximum 631, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 595, Heaviest daily rainfall 130, Heaviest daily snowfall 174, Deepest snow cover 256.

Records on 3 February 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	81
Lowest daily maximum	631
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	595
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	174
Deepest snow cover	256

Records on 3 February 1985 by timescale: all-time 18, monthly 110, daily 1,790.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,526 broken records

Margins by which the 1,526 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 1985

Top 20 records on 3 February 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 1985	Walnut Grove, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	91 years	76 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1985	Wichita Falls Muni AP, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	87 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1985	Malvern, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1985	Jerome, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1985	Bau, BR	daily rain	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1985	Lordsburg 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	90 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1985	Childs, US	all-time snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1985	Willcox, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	84 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1985	Ione 18 S, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1985	Parker, US	monthly low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	87 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1985	Keams Canyon, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1985	Montezuma Castle Nm, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1985	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	daily low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	83 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1985	Greenville Wtp, US	monthly low min	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	85 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1985	Roosevelt 1 S, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	79 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1985	Doniphan, US	daily low min	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1985	Mc Curtain 1 SE, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1985	Quanah 2 SW, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1985	Blue, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	74 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1985	Gisela, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	67 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

1795 to 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1985. 1985 had 1,918 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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Data for records on 1985-02-03: 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 2026-10-17 (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	1,367
50 to 100	110
100 to 150	35
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1