Weather Records on 3 March 2011

677 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 2011. Highest significance: Currawilla Station, AU.

Key Facts for 3 March 2011

On 3 March 2011, 677 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
340 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 646 daily.
Currawilla Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 105.0 mm (4.1 in) on 3 March 2011.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

677 stations

677 station records on 3 March 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Currawilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Pindral Outcamp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kanchanaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Merida	Venezuela	Record low maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kurdjali	Bulgaria	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barakula Forest STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tenango de Doria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vincent Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lord Howe Island Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record low minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mirrabooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hysham	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrovnoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Oloj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Custer	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roseberth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Strathgordon Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Asotin 14 SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Punta Prieta	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn View	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prenti Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tarifa	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carella Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Aion	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brazzaville	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baratria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carramar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dungowan (the Junction)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Akjoujt	Mauritania	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose del Cabo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Guayameo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Aion	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Korkodon	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record snow depth	198.1 cm (78.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arellano	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hokitika Aerodrome	New Zealand	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sabana Grande 2 ENE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wheaton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

677 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 231, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 120, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 48.

Records on 3 March 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	231
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	48

Records on 3 March 2011 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 31, daily 646.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

503 broken records

Margins by which the 503 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 609.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 2011

Top 20 records on 3 March 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 2011	Currawilla Station, AU	monthly rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	92 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 March 2011	Pindral Outcamp, AU	monthly rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 March 2011	Lastovo, HR	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2011	Kanchanaburi, TH	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2011	Merida, VE	daily low max	16.2 C (61.2 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2011	Locke 2 W, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2011	Kurdjali, BG	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2011	Jundah Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2011	Alexandria, AU	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2011	Barakula Forest STN, AU	daily rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2011	Tenango de Doria, MX	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2011	Vincent Vale, AU	daily rain	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2011	Vajda-Guba, RU	daily high min	0.2 C (32.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	104 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2011	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2011	Lord Howe Island Aero, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2011	Inhambane, MZ	daily low min	18.2 C (64.8 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2011	Biskra, DZ	daily low max	12.1 C (53.8 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	120 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2011	Mirrabooka, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2011	Hysham, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2011	Canning Downs, AU	daily rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	39 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2011. 2011 had 677 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 2011-03-03: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 100	489
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1