Weather Records on 3 February 1974

586 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 1974. Highest significance: Arrabury Station, AU.

Key Facts for 3 February 1974

On 3 February 1974, 586 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
203 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 570 daily.
Arrabury Station set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 3 February 1974.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 554 records.

Record Map

586 stations

586 station records on 3 February 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arrabury Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tibooburra (Onepah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Albertvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dumure	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kareehoek"Kareefontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Spitskop (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Puehu Ridge 1040	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cezu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Chittering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Qunu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Raimundo Nonato	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Xicotepec de Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Andres	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eenbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stockdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nappa Merrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nkobongo (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wolmada	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nooitgedag	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chesterfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gardner	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Evap	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Currawilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cookhouse (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuthbert	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marbling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Geelkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sumter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rocksprings	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cegcuana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chileka	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Die Hoogte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

586 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 236, Heaviest daily snowfall 72, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 3 February 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	236
Heaviest daily snowfall	72
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 3 February 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 570.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

484 broken records

Margins by which the 484 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 1974

Top 20 records on 3 February 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 1974	Arrabury Station, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1974	Tibooburra (Onepah), AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 February 1974	Albertvale, ZA	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1974	Dumure, ZA	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1974	Kareehoek"Kareefontein", ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1974	Spitskop (Agr), ZA	daily rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1974	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1974	Nqamakwe (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1974	Kendrew Estates, ZA	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1974	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1974	Puehu Ridge 1040, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1974	Milan, IT	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1974	Cezu (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1974	Lower Chittering, AU	daily rain	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1974	Venterstad, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	82 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1974	Qunu (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1974	Sao Raimundo Nonato, BR	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1974	Reserve, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1974	Parau, BR	daily rain	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 1974	Xicotepec de Juarez, MX	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	37 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

1795 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1974. 1974 had 586 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 02-03 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1809	1
1812	1
1830	2
1839	1
1846	1
1849	1
1851	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	3
1866	2
1869	3
1874	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1883	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	3
1897	5
1898	5
1899	2
1900	2
1901	7
1902	6
1903	11
1904	5
1905	13
1906	5
1907	19
1908	9
1909	28
1910	13
1911	44
1912	69
1913	13
1914	77
1915	28
1916	57
1917	113
1918	29
1919	126
1920	51
1921	81
1922	68
1923	148
1924	343
1925	171
1926	147
1927	650
1928	250
1929	132
1930	174
1931	317
1932	438
1933	148
1934	553
1935	308
1936	446
1937	176
1938	349
1939	708
1940	492
1941	315
1942	260
1943	469
1944	352
1945	340
1946	435
1947	227
1948	379
1949	434
1950	974
1951	727
1952	540
1953	766
1954	767
1955	633
1956	1,026
1957	326
1958	294
1959	515
1960	584
1961	701
1962	1,104
1963	1,073
1964	270
1965	369
1966	562
1967	637
1968	750
1969	382
1970	1,260
1971	749
1972	777
1973	1,038
1974	586
1975	516
1976	759
1977	450
1978	652
1979	1,362
1980	617
1981	732
1982	1,574
1983	1,667
1984	521
1985	1,918
1986	1,557
1987	684
1988	1,033
1989	3,626
1990	1,839
1991	1,432
1992	1,313
1993	765
1994	679
1995	1,138
1996	3,705
1997	775
1998	1,175
1999	893
2000	634
2001	1,031
2002	1,447
2003	1,166
2004	1,663
2005	1,711
2006	949
2007	1,159
2008	760
2009	524
2010	1,720
2011	2,215
2012	1,638
2013	457
2014	801
2015	852
2016	1,698
2017	500
2018	1,001
2019	1,018
2020	1,595
2021	896
2022	951
2023	330
2024	837
2025	1,667
2026	509

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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	459
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2