Weather Records on 3 March 1999

1,187 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1999. Highest significance: Mestad I Oddernes, NO.

Key Facts for 3 March 1999

On 3 March 1999, 1,187 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
586 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 1,151 daily.
Mestad I Oddernes set a daily record precipitation of 64.7 mm (2.5 in) on 3 March 1999.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

1,187 stations

1,187 station records on 3 March 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Boatman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Werrina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Turallin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lovely Banks (Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tomoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Boga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Buangor (Biranga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Biala (Alvison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lowman	United States	Record snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Byzantium	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kookabookra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hunters Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Preston Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz-Litoral	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tannymorel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Helenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton Showgrounds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth (Glencoe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Landvik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Vale (Numeralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.8 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Otaru	Japan	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clintonvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barham (Thule Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town (Greenhill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kenilworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell (Glendowne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Matipo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenrae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang Gmw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Little River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Forest Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tosari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tullochard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Copeton (Carinya)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,187 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 295, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 291, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 527, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 3 March 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	295
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	291
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	527
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 3 March 1999 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 34, daily 1,151.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,040 broken records

Margins by which the 1,040 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 860.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1999

Top 20 records on 3 March 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1999	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	96 years	71 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1999	Boatman Station, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1999	Werrina, AU	daily rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	81 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1999	Turallin, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1999	Lovely Banks (Reservoir), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1999	Tomoo, AU	daily rain	122.0 mm (4.8 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1999	Bonshaw (Campbell St), AU	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1999	Lake Boga, AU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1999	Buangor (Biranga), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1999	Bimerah, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	81 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1999	Dillalah, AU	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1999	Biala (Alvison), AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1999	Lowman, US	daily snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1999	Spring Creek, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1999	Melton Reservoir, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1999	Byzantium, AU	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	91.6 mm (3.6 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1999	Yangan Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1999	Kookabookra, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1999	Hunters Hill, AU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1999	Foxholm 7 N, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	32 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1999. 1999 had 1,187 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 1999-03-03: 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 200	1,037
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	2
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1