Weather Records on 3 February 2019

1,018 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 February 2019. Highest significance: Victoria Sugar Mill, AU.

Key Facts for 3 February 2019

On 3 February 2019, 1,018 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
521 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 983 daily.
Victoria Sugar Mill set a daily record precipitation of 410.0 mm (16.1 in) on 3 February 2019.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 551 records.

Record Map

1,018 stations

1,018 station records on 3 February 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 February 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	410.0 mm (16.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Medicine Lake 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kamilaroi Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Dunbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.6 mm (7.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
West Leichhardt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fort Constantine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Arlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	408.0 mm (16.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boise 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bryce Canyon Np Hqrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bryce Canyon Np Hqrs	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	400.0 mm (15.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Timpanogos Cave	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Charleston Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crab Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Timpanogos Divide	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Helena AP ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Is L&D 15	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cloncurry McIllwraith St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.8 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zinnwald-Georgenfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Natural Brg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bredette	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carrot Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Creek R.S.	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	419.0 mm (16.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ash Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,018 records

Records set or tied on 3 February 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 388, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 370, Heaviest daily snowfall 60, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 3 February 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	388
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	370
Heaviest daily snowfall	60
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 3 February 2019 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 32, daily 983.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

852 broken records

Margins by which the 852 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 247.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 February 2019

Top 20 records on 3 February 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 February 2019	Victoria Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	410.0 mm (16.1 in)	247.9 mm (9.8 in)	119 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 February 2019	Medicine Lake 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	73 years	72 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2019	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	112 years	68 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2019	Kamilaroi Station, AU	daily rain	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2019	Dunbar Station, AU	daily rain	188.6 mm (7.4 in)	117.5 mm (4.6 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2019	West Leichhardt Station, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	103 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2019	Fort Constantine Station, AU	daily rain	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 February 2019	Arlington, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	83 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2019	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	monthly rain	408.0 mm (16.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	119 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2019	Williams, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	113 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2019	Paso Robles, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2019	Big Falls, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	84 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2019	Holter Dam, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2019	Old Faithful, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	104 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2019	Glasgow, US	monthly snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2019	Cambridge, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2019	Great Falls 16St, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	104 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2019	Boise 7 N, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2019	Bryce Canyon Np Hqrs, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 February 2019	Bryce Canyon Np Hqrs, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	48 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2019. 2019 had 1,018 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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Data for records on 2019-02-03: 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 50	815
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2