Weather Records on 3 March 1958

247 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 1958. Highest significance: Alliance 1WNW, US.

Key Facts for 3 March 1958

On 3 March 1958, 247 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 241 daily.
Alliance 1WNW set a daily record snow depth of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 3 March 1958.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 525 records.

Record Map

247 stations

247 station records on 3 March 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Belele	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Four Corners	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Munarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kurdege	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
T.Narsipur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Casuarina Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabubba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Akhuapada	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moorarie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bolgart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cooya Pooya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.2 C (102.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pithora	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dowerin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kelvin (Kahana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cardonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ambabhona	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teonthar	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anekal	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaraga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhabua	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mariyna Gorka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidlaghatta	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbank 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatra	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katbari	India	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Machhlisnahr	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnivale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mat	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goomalling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

247 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 138, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 3 March 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 3 March 1958 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 241.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

202 broken records

Margins by which the 202 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 1958

Top 20 records on 3 March 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 1958	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1958	Belele, AU	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1958	Four Corners, AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1958	Gothenburg, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1958	Luz (Estacao), BR	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1958	Munarra, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1958	Kurdege, IN	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1958	T.Narsipur, IN	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 1958	Casuarina Vale, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1958	Pandaria, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1958	Yarrabubba, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1958	Akhuapada, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1958	Moorarie, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1958	Bolgart, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1958	Park Rch, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1958	Gorlitz, DE	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	62 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1958	Madrid, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1958	Cooya Pooya, AU	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	7 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1958	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily high max	39.2 C (102.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	59 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 March 1958	Pithora, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	27 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1958. 1958 had 247 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	187
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1