Weather Records on 3 March 1988

1,081 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1988. Highest significance: Bjornholt, NO.

Key Facts for 3 March 1988

On 3 March 1988, 1,081 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
201 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 63 monthly and 1,015 daily.
Bjornholt set a daily record precipitation of 48.0 mm (1.9 in) on 3 March 1988.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

1,081 stations

1,081 station records on 3 March 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sete Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	113.6 mm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lipscomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Firme	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Slidell	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tlacotepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Agr. College,Bfn.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mangum	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuk	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waynoka	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cordell	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mannford 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carmila Beach Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.6 mm (8.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rena - Haugedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kuching	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lookeba 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,081 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 148, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 574, Heaviest daily snowfall 84, Deepest snow cover 93.

Records on 3 March 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	148
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	574
Heaviest daily snowfall	84
Deepest snow cover	93

Records on 3 March 1988 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 63, daily 1,015.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

949 broken records

Margins by which the 949 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 320.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1988

Top 20 records on 3 March 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1988	Bjornholt, NO	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1988	Miami, US	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1988	Yates Ctr, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1988	Okeene, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1988	Watonga, US	monthly rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1988	Kingfisher, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1988	Helena 1 SSE, US	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1988	Taloga, US	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1988	Sete Barras, BR	daily rain	113.6 mm (4.5 in)	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1988	Mansfield, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1988	Beaver, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1988	Lipscomb, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1988	Porto Firme, BR	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1988	Sedan, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1988	Slidell, US	daily rain	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	103.7 mm (4.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1988	Hammon 3 SSW, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1988	Beaver, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1988	Higgins, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1988	Tlacotepec, MX	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1988	Glen Agr. College,Bfn., ZA	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	50 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1988. 1988 had 1,081 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 1988-03-03: 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	877
50 to 100	47
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1