Weather Records on 3 February 1993

765 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 1993. Highest significance: Skjak, NO.

Key Facts for 3 February 1993

On 3 February 1993, 765 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
357 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 61 monthly and 697 daily.
Skjak set a monthly record daily precipitation of 34.2 mm (1.3 in) on 3 February 1993.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 553 records.

Record Map

765 stations

765 station records on 3 February 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Zwartrandjes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Loksmyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kvikne I Osterdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fjallnas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Preststulen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nanambinia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Songli	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/San Javier	Spain	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oksendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Halsafjord II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Verma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Claro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Geilo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gullbra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	98.9 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haukedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hustadvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Phillips	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	93.9 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Freer	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ransaren_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.3 C (108.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Tres Saltos (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leinstrand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eksingedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Panguitch	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hegra II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alvundfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.3 C (108.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eide Pa Nordmore	Norway	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bemidji	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tropic	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boverdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skjenaldfossen I Orkdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tshakhuma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malmagen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Helen Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wondinong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Neptune Island	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Indee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Midwest	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

765 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 216, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 56.

Records on 3 February 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	216
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	56

Records on 3 February 1993 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 61, daily 697.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

644 broken records

Margins by which the 644 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 430.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 1993

Top 20 records on 3 February 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 1993	Skjak, NO	monthly rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1993	Zwartrandjes, ZA	all-time rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1993	Brownsville, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1993	Loksmyr, NO	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1993	Kvikne I Osterdal, NO	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1993	Fjallnas, SE	monthly rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1993	Preststulen, NO	monthly rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1993	Nanambinia, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1993	Songli, NO	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1993	Murcia/San Javier, ES	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1993	Chapman Rch, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1993	Oksendal, NO	monthly rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1993	Halsafjord II, NO	daily rain	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1993	Rindal, NO	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1993	Verma, NO	monthly rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1993	Rio Claro, BR	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1993	Dimbokro, CI	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1993	Geilo, NO	monthly rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1993	Gullbra, NO	monthly rain	98.9 mm (3.9 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1993	Haukedal, NO	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	12 years	46 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1993. 1993 had 765 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 1993-02-03: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 3 February 1993
Margin	Records
0 to 100	626
100 to 200	16
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1