Weather Records on 3 March 1916

36 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1916. Highest significance: Whitehead, CA.

Key Facts for 3 March 1916

On 3 March 1916, 36 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 33 daily.
Whitehead set an all-time record daily snowfall of 121.9 cm (48.0 in) on 3 March 1916.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 526 records.

Record Map

36 stations

36 station records on 3 March 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily snowfall	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

36 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1916 by type: Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 12, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 3 March 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	12
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 March 1916 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 1, daily 33.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

28 broken records

Margins by which the 28 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 1916

Top 20 records on 3 March 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1916	Whitehead, CA	all-time snowfall	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	60.9 cm (24.0 in)	22 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 March 1916	Whitehead, CA	all-time rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1916	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1916	Queenstown, ZA	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1916	Somerset East, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1916	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1916	Alexandria (Pol), ZA	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1916	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1916	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1916	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1916	Chicoutimi, CA	monthly low min	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	15 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1916	Port Stanley, CA	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	40 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1916	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	40 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1916	Concordia ASOS, US	daily low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	24 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1916	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily snowfall	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	0.3 cm (0.1 in)	36 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1916	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	33 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1916	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	20 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1916	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	29 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1916	Karesuando, SE	daily rain	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	32 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1916	Armagh, GB	daily low min	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	7 years	12 of 100 (Routine)

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 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1916. 1916 had 36 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	26
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1