Weather Records on 3 March 1985

740 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1985. Highest significance: Laketown, US.

Key Facts for 3 March 1985

On 3 March 1985, 740 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
125 were record highs and 149 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 686 daily.
Laketown set a daily record snowfall of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 3 March 1985.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

740 stations

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

Weather records on 3 March 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Brillion	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wheaton 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Benson	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.5 cm (18.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Custer	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Redbird	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tiksi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wuzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Peotone	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Vale 5SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ralph 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	46.5 cm (18.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moline Quad City Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yongan	China	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Verona Villafranca	Italy	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rapid City Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Andradina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bentley	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baker	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Owl	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dull Ctr 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redbird	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Faith	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Upton	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minneota	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

740 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 255, Heaviest daily snowfall 169, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 3 March 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	255
Heaviest daily snowfall	169
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 3 March 1985 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 46, daily 686.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

610 broken records

Margins by which the 610 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 342.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1985

Top 20 records on 3 March 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1985	Laketown, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1985	Brillion, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1985	Wheaton 3 SE, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1985	Stephan 2 NW, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1985	Benson, US	all-time snowfall	47.5 cm (18.7 in)	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	0 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1985	Bowman, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1985	Walnut, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1985	Custer, US	all-time snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	65 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1985	Gettysburg, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1985	Streator 2SE, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1985	Newcastle, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1985	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	79 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1985	Lakeview, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	34.2 cm (13.5 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1985	Ludlow 3 SSE, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1985	Midland, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1985	Redbird, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1985	Tiksi, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1985	Wuzhou, CN	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1985	Peotone, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1985	Spencer 1 N, US	monthly rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	48 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1985. 1985 had 740 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 1985-03-03: 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 2026-10-17 (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	503
50 to 100	54
100 to 150	35
150 to 200	14
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1