Weather Records on 2 March 1926

85 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1926. Highest significance: Hafslo, NO.

Key Facts for 2 March 1926

On 2 March 1926, 85 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 83 daily.
Hafslo set a daily record precipitation of 42.0 mm (1.7 in) on 2 March 1926.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 516 records.

Record Map

85 stations

85 station records on 2 March 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.3 C (-17.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

85 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 23, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 2 March 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	23
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 March 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 83.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

69 broken records

Margins by which the 69 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1926

Top 20 records on 2 March 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1926	Hafslo, NO	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1926	St Georges, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1926	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily low min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	11 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1926	Myklebust I Breim, NO	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1926	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1926	Botnen I Forde, NO	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1926	Bulken, NO	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1926	Lysebotn, NO	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1926	St Georges, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1926	Storlien, SE	daily rain	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1926	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1926	St. Petersburg, RU	daily rain	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1926	Charlottetown, CA	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1926	Astrakan, RU	monthly low max	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1926	Astoria, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1926	Olga 2 SE, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1926	Northfield, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1926	Willapa Harbor, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	30 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1926	Briksdal, NO	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1926	Astrakan, RU	daily low min	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	17 years	18 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

1802 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1926. 1926 had 85 records.

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

Records on 03-02 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1814	1
1836	1
1845	1
1846	2
1848	1
1852	1
1854	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1866	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	1
1893	11
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	4
1900	12
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	10
1905	7
1906	22
1907	4
1908	16
1909	19
1910	11
1911	13
1912	57
1913	32
1914	36
1915	20
1916	65
1917	37
1918	22
1919	23
1920	85
1921	241
1922	73
1923	219
1924	50
1925	220
1926	85
1927	152
1928	75
1929	191
1930	133
1931	250
1932	371
1933	89
1934	364
1935	198
1936	441
1937	162
1938	415
1939	222
1940	522
1941	507
1942	261
1943	912
1944	249
1945	494
1946	290
1947	878
1948	744
1949	196
1950	441
1951	801
1952	794
1953	731
1954	491
1955	647
1956	510
1957	282
1958	247
1959	310
1960	1,650
1961	768
1962	1,155
1963	518
1964	679
1965	687
1966	583
1967	644
1968	629
1969	417
1970	887
1971	1,033
1972	1,713
1973	522
1974	1,474
1975	399
1976	1,903
1977	384
1978	1,272
1979	728
1980	2,905
1981	534
1982	924
1983	1,518
1984	566
1985	733
1986	1,075
1987	1,370
1988	833
1989	1,395
1990	826
1991	1,512
1992	1,852
1993	906
1994	1,540
1995	1,382
1996	541
1997	2,594
1998	687
1999	1,176
2000	1,093
2001	1,373
2002	1,466
2003	709
2004	1,064
2005	966
2006	1,017
2007	1,726
2008	889
2009	1,498
2010	859
2011	664
2012	933
2013	795
2014	1,545
2015	933
2016	652
2017	565
2018	816
2019	901
2020	538
2021	529
2022	1,017
2023	1,094
2024	886
2025	708
2026	1,163

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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 20	63
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1