Weather Records on 3 March 2001

903 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 2001. Highest significance: Castle Dale, US.

Key Facts for 3 March 2001

On 3 March 2001, 903 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
247 were record highs and 276 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 862 daily.
Castle Dale set a daily record snowfall of 10.2 cm (4.0 in) on 3 March 2001.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

903 stations

903 station records on 3 March 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Castle Dale	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vivero la Paz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bjorheim I Ryfylke	Norway	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista de Cuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Hamburgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hognestad	Norway	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Legune	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.8 mm (6.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.9 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cordoba Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Los Velazquez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ponferrada	Spain	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Creek Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valladolid (Villanubla)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Yeche	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Roads 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beagle Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.6 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sola	Norway	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wilson Cbs	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Picayune	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago Undameo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saucier Exp Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hart Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amarante	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dyce	United Kingdom	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oaknolia 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Braganca	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lamberton SW Rsch & Outreach C	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Tizate	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

903 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 159, Highest daily minimum 156, Lowest daily minimum 117, Heaviest daily rainfall 329, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 3 March 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	159
Highest daily minimum	156
Lowest daily minimum	117
Heaviest daily rainfall	329
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 3 March 2001 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 38, daily 862.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

721 broken records

Margins by which the 721 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 2001

Top 20 records on 3 March 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 2001	Castle Dale, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	84 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2001	Port Sudan, SD	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2001	Vivero la Paz, MX	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2001	Bjorheim I Ryfylke, NO	monthly snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2001	Nicholson, AU	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2001	Buenavista de Cuellar, MX	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2001	Finca Hamburgo, MX	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2001	Hognestad, NO	all-time snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	5 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2001	Legune, AU	daily rain	173.8 mm (6.8 in)	127.4 mm (5.0 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2001	Sviland, NO	monthly snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2001	Porto, PT	daily rain	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2001	Newry, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2001	Warmun, AU	daily rain	96.9 mm (3.8 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2001	Cordoba Aeropuerto, ES	monthly rain	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2001	Kingston, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2001	Sturt Creek, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2001	Los Velazquez, MX	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2001	Ponferrada, ES	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2001	Poplarville Exp STN, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2001	Iroquois, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	32 years	44 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2001. 2001 had 903 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 2001-03-03: 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 2026-10-17 (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 100	707
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1