Weather Records on 2 March 1929

191 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1929. Highest significance: Waterloo, US.

Key Facts for 2 March 1929

On 2 March 1929, 191 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 172 daily.
Waterloo set a daily record snow depth of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 2 March 1929.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

191 stations

191 station records on 2 March 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	-20.3 C (-4.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record snow depth	203.2 cm (80.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ringtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Setif	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

191 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 51, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 2 March 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	51
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 2 March 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 172.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

159 broken records

Margins by which the 159 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1929

Top 20 records on 2 March 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1929	Waterloo, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1929	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily low min	-20.3 C (-4.5 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	143 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1929	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1929	Guy Fawkes 2, AU	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1929	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1929	Zerbst, DE	daily snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1929	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low min	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1929	Fort National, DZ	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1929	Vilnius, LT	daily low min	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	9.2 C (16.6 F)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1929	Magdeburg, DE	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	39 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1929	Oxford, GB	daily low min	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	62 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1929	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1929	Plauen, DE	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1929	Magdeburg, DE	monthly low min	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1929	Schwerin, DE	monthly low min	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1929	Carlisle, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1929	Husum, DE	monthly low min	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1929	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low min	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1929	Lubeck-Werft, DE	daily low min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	38 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1929	Salzburg, AT	monthly low min	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	38 years	26 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1929. 1929 had 191 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 100	148
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1