Weather Records on 5 March 1920

102 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1920. Highest significance: Port Jervis, US.

Key Facts for 5 March 1920

On 5 March 1920, 102 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 99 daily.
Port Jervis set a daily record precipitation of 48.8 mm (1.9 in) on 5 March 1920.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

102 stations

102 station records on 5 March 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dinby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

102 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 31, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 5 March 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	31
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 March 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 99.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

90 broken records

Margins by which the 90 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1920

Top 20 records on 5 March 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1920	Port Jervis, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1920	Brome, CA	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1920	Brome, CA	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1920	Bridgeton 1 NE, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1920	World Trade Ctr, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1920	Wien, AT	daily high max	17.1 C (62.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1920	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1920	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1920	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1920	Reading Wb City, US	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1920	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	41 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1920	Saentis, CH	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1920	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily high max	17.7 C (63.9 F)	8.0 C (14.4 F)	14 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1920	Sonnblick, AT	daily high max	2.3 C (36.1 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1920	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	7.5 C (13.5 F)	14 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1920	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily high max	19.3 C (66.7 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	37 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1920	Cobar (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1920	Dohne (Sar), ZA	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1920	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1920	Katberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	35 years	20 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

1794 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1920. 1920 had 102 records.

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

Records on 03-05 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1801	1
1810	1
1821	2
1845	3
1846	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	5
1861	1
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	4
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1880	5
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	4
1889	3
1890	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	5
1900	2
1901	11
1902	15
1903	16
1904	3
1905	6
1906	15
1907	17
1908	12
1909	19
1910	34
1911	14
1912	31
1913	47
1914	27
1915	32
1916	14
1917	79
1918	82
1919	226
1920	102
1921	184
1922	42
1923	65
1924	159
1925	198
1926	240
1927	182
1928	68
1929	247
1930	118
1931	268
1932	320
1933	352
1934	347
1935	503
1936	125
1937	417
1938	350
1939	628
1940	150
1941	245
1942	287
1943	692
1944	485
1945	743
1946	706
1947	428
1948	946
1949	378
1950	534
1951	644
1952	347
1953	184
1954	468
1955	1,402
1956	658
1957	479
1958	365
1959	749
1960	2,228
1961	834
1962	491
1963	630
1964	852
1965	715
1966	539
1967	343
1968	1,029
1969	338
1970	317
1971	888
1972	810
1973	378
1974	912
1975	429
1976	1,479
1977	812
1978	1,689
1979	889
1980	418
1981	665
1982	525
1983	2,283
1984	648
1985	637
1986	754
1987	1,928
1988	623
1989	1,673
1990	836
1991	1,246
1992	1,488
1993	813
1994	796
1995	1,489
1996	856
1997	1,026
1998	1,016
1999	644
2000	1,127
2001	755
2002	1,373
2003	1,061
2004	1,558
2005	1,129
2006	624
2007	728
2008	913
2009	1,159
2010	729
2011	696
2012	575
2013	694
2014	1,006
2015	1,551
2016	875
2017	847
2018	652
2019	1,809
2020	1,274
2021	373
2022	635
2023	717
2024	979
2025	1,071
2026	992

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	83
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1