Weather Records on 3 March 2020

678 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 2020. Highest significance: Qitai, CN.

Key Facts for 3 March 2020

On 3 March 2020, 678 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
463 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 660 daily.
Qitai set a monthly record daily precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 3 March 2020.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

678 stations

678 station records on 3 March 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Qitai	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Deer Lodge 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Suplejack	Australia	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Balmorhea	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Theresa 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rockhampton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hechi	China	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cressy House	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Adjuntas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dyersburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Keaau 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus-Hap Cremean Wp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
John Glenn Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo Intl AP 87	United States	Record daily precipitation	232.7 mm (9.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lajamanu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mutsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wink FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coulee Dam 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moses Lake Grant Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Howitt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye Lake 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Creek Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Baise	China	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sarapul	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Billingsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nolin Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cannery Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glennallen Kcam	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hanscom Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brest	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cote D Azur	France	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fokstua	Norway	Record snow depth	121.0 cm (47.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Angwin Pacific Union College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Westerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Jetport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sredhekolymsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uzhhorod	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

678 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 211, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 252, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 169, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 3 March 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	211
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	252
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 3 March 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 660.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

584 broken records

Margins by which the 584 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 2020

Top 20 records on 3 March 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 2020	Qitai, CN	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 March 2020	Deer Lodge 3 W, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2020	Suplejack, AU	monthly rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2020	Balmorhea, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2020	Theresa 4NW, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2020	Rockhampton Downs, AU	daily rain	206.0 mm (8.1 in)	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2020	Hechi, CN	monthly rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2020	Hope, US	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2020	Cressy House, AU	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2020	Arad, RO	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	122 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2020	Adjuntas Substn, PR	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2020	Elsinore, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	115 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2020	Dyersburg, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	110 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2020	Keaau 92, US	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2020	Columbus-Hap Cremean Wp, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2020	John Glenn Intl AP, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2020	Kisinev, MD	daily high min	6.3 C (43.3 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2020	Kellevie, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	89 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2020	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	122 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2020	Hilo Intl AP 87, US	daily rain	232.7 mm (9.2 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	41 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2020. 2020 had 678 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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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	573
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2