Weather Records on 3 March 2016

545 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 2016. Highest significance: Karamay, CN.

Key Facts for 3 March 2016

On 3 March 2016, 545 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
469 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 535 daily.
Karamay set a monthly record daily precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 3 March 2016.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 523 records.

Record Map

545 stations

545 station records on 3 March 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Karamay	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bugt	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Burwell 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Balikesir	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lisca	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Novo Mesto	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Knox Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Witchelina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Akhty	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kennewick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record high maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenix AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shache	China	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Akhty	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Meekatharra Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Loreto	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	34.6 C (94.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sulak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shadzhatmaz	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bouake	Cote D'Ivoire	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Twentynine Palms	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petrified Forest Np	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kotel'nikovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glenbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brazzaville	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kluhorskij Pereval	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Matei Airfield	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quemado	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yulmbu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pirlangimpi	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kastamonu	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Houston William P Hobby AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	47.0 C (116.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jartai	China	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anyang	China	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

545 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 245, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 224, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 60, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 3 March 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	245
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	224
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	60
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 3 March 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 535.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

432 broken records

Margins by which the 432 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 2016

Top 20 records on 3 March 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 2016	Karamay, CN	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 March 2016	Bugt, CN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2016	Burwell 2WSW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2016	Balikesir, TR	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2016	Lisca, SI	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2016	Evanston 1 E, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	111 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2016	Novo Mesto, SI	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2016	Ft Davis, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	111 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2016	Knox Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	104 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2016	Middleboro, US	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	118 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2016	Minden, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2016	Woodruff, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2016	Marree (Witchelina), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2016	Akhty, RU	daily high min	12.5 C (54.5 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	81 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2016	Cuyamaca, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2016	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2016	Tonopah, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2016	Ciudad Victoria, MX	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2016	McCloud, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	82 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2016	Pendleton Dwtn, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	95 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2016. 2016 had 545 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 2016-03-03: 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 20	421
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2