Weather Records on 3 March 1992

1,354 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1992. Highest significance: Riomedina, US.

Key Facts for 3 March 1992

On 3 March 1992, 1,354 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
959 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 1,343 daily.
Riomedina set a daily record precipitation of 85.9 mm (3.4 in) on 3 March 1992.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

1,354 stations

1,354 station records on 3 March 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Riomedina	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Shoreham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Currie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Heyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise Beryl Jct	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Del Rio Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Altadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bulverde	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Narracan East (Lynnsmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cerradinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shanwei	China	Record daily precipitation	145.6 mm (5.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Elliot Island	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jordan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eurongilly (Bundaleer)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mirboo North Water Board	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Wood	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Subauma	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Driggs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,354 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 527, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 432, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 291, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 3 March 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	527
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	432
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 3 March 1992 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 1,343.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,067 broken records

Margins by which the 1,067 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1992

Top 20 records on 3 March 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1992	Riomedina, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1992	Monte Vista 2W, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	98 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1992	Shoreham, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1992	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	103 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1992	Currie Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1992	Heyuan, CN	daily rain	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1992	Enterprise Beryl Jct, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1992	Lockhart, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1992	Del Rio Intl AP, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1992	Altadena, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1992	Bulverde, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1992	Narracan East (Lynnsmere), AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1992	Steamboat Springs, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	94 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1992	San Marcos, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1992	Vevay, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	91 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1992	Rocky Mt, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1992	Red Hill, AU	daily rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1992	Cerradinho, BR	daily rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1992	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high min	4.5 C (40.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	113 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1992	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	15.9 C (60.6 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	120 years	40 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1992. 1992 had 1,354 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 1992-03-03: 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	1,058
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1