Weather Records on 3 March 2023

809 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 March 2023. Highest significance: Alexandria, AU.

Key Facts for 3 March 2023

On 3 March 2023, 809 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
310 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 772 daily.
Alexandria set an all-time record daily precipitation of 262.0 mm (10.3 in) on 3 March 2023.
Across 159 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

809 stations

809 station records on 3 March 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 March 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	262.0 mm (10.3 in)	98 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Dayton Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Shoshoni	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Licking 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tonopah	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Slogan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Danville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Springs Agric Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	195.8 mm (7.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Idyllwild Fire Dept	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pandora	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Ridge Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsville 2W	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Huron	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lee Vining	United States	Record snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Express AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carmi 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Celina 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Preston	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

809 records

Records set or tied on 3 March 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 164, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 255, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 74.

Records on 3 March 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	164
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	255
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	74

Records on 3 March 2023 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 31, daily 772.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

662 broken records

Margins by which the 662 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1244.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 March 2023

Top 20 records on 3 March 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 March 2023	Alexandria, AU	all-time rain	262.0 mm (10.3 in)	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	121 years	98 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 March 2023	Lima Wwtp, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	118 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
3 March 2023	Dayton Intl AP, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
3 March 2023	Shoshoni, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 March 2023	Boonville 1S, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	69 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 March 2023	Danville, US	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 March 2023	Dardanelle, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 March 2023	Licking 4N, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 March 2023	Tonopah, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	72 years	63 of 100 (Major)
3 March 2023	Slogan Downs, AU	all-time rain	200.0 mm (7.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 March 2023	Danville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
3 March 2023	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	108 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2023	Mena, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	108 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2023	Dixon Springs Agric Ctr, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2023	Xenia 6 SSE, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2023	Gilbert, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2023	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	195.8 mm (7.7 in)	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2023	Nevada City, US	daily snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2023	Waynesville 2 W, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 March 2023	Idyllwild Fire Dept, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	46 years	53 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 2023. 2023 had 809 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 2023-03-03: 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 200	649
200 to 400	9
400 to 600	2
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1
1200 to 1400	1