Weather Records on 5 March 1927

182 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1927. Highest significance: Nord Odal, NO.

Key Facts for 5 March 1927

On 5 March 1927, 182 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 177 daily.
Nord Odal set a monthly record daily precipitation of 33.0 mm (1.3 in) on 5 March 1927.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

182 stations

182 station records on 5 March 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gigoomgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shearleys Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cowal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wandary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Louth (Mulya Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Parkes (Macarthur Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede Spottsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Woodlands 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Box Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

182 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 79, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 5 March 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 5 March 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 177.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

153 broken records

Margins by which the 153 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1927

Top 20 records on 5 March 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1927	Nord Odal, NO	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1927	Gympie, AU	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1927	Cooran Post Office, AU	daily rain	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1927	Miriam Vale, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1927	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	13 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1927	Kilkivan Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1927	Crohamhurst, AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1927	Gigoomgan, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1927	Salisbury, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1927	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1927	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily low max	13.6 C (56.5 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	41 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1927	Sloan 3 S, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1927	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1927	Stromsfoss Sluse, NO	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1927	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1927	Orje, NO	monthly rain	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1927	Kargopol, RU	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1927	Halden, NO	daily rain	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1927	Bella Coola, CA	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1927	Shearleys Tank, AU	daily rain	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	44 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1927. 1927 had 182 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 50	149
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1