Weather Records on 1 March 1930

90 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1930. Highest significance: Tustervatnet, NO.

Key Facts for 1 March 1930

On 1 March 1930, 90 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 82 daily.
Tustervatnet set an all-time record daily precipitation of 70.0 mm (2.8 in) on 1 March 1930.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 525 records.

Record Map

90 stations

90 station records on 1 March 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tustervatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anthony Lagoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-38.0 C (-36.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.5 C (-31.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bardstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park Sf	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oelrichs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Manitowoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

90 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 48, Heaviest daily snowfall 9.

Records on 1 March 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	48
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 March 1930 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 82.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

70 broken records

Margins by which the 70 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1930

Top 20 records on 1 March 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1930	Tustervatnet, NO	all-time rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1930	Newcastle Waters, AU	monthly rain	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1930	Astana, KZ	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1930	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1930	Tennant Creek Post Office, AU	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1930	Sulitjelma, NO	all-time rain	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1930	Ingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1930	Powell Creek, AU	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1930	Anthony Lagoon, AU	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1930	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	31 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1930	Guelph Oac, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1930	Kapskarmo, NO	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1930	Richmond Post Office, AU	daily low max	24.2 C (75.6 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	1 year	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1930	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	52 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1930	Mt Ayr, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1930	Syktyvkar, RU	daily rain	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1930	Guelph Oac, CA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1930	Alton, CA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1930	Bjuraker, SE	daily high min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1930	Astana, KZ	monthly low min	-38.0 C (-36.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	14 years	19 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

1808 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1930. 1930 had 90 records.

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

Records on 03-01 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1814	1
1817	1
1827	1
1836	2
1844	1
1846	4
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	3
1872	1
1875	4
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	6
1886	10
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	8
1899	1
1900	7
1901	1
1902	14
1903	11
1904	13
1905	4
1906	30
1907	5
1908	14
1909	19
1910	14
1911	20
1912	64
1913	26
1914	23
1915	21
1916	34
1917	15
1918	16
1919	57
1920	98
1921	411
1922	139
1923	127
1924	44
1925	100
1926	86
1927	203
1928	61
1929	181
1930	90
1931	140
1932	462
1933	94
1934	401
1935	167
1936	232
1937	220
1938	308
1939	565
1940	513
1941	644
1942	391
1943	256
1944	155
1945	178
1946	358
1947	933
1948	893
1949	250
1950	249
1951	564
1952	564
1953	615
1954	893
1955	1,028
1956	523
1957	293
1958	459
1959	463
1960	1,530
1961	548
1962	2,067
1963	532
1964	563
1965	696
1966	575
1967	731
1968	966
1969	439
1970	725
1971	943
1972	1,524
1973	613
1974	954
1975	411
1976	1,612
1977	317
1978	1,065
1979	507
1980	2,040
1981	550
1982	918
1983	1,048
1984	720
1985	676
1986	1,317
1987	2,042
1988	722
1989	924
1990	1,000
1991	926
1992	1,827
1993	1,189
1994	1,339
1995	1,214
1996	641
1997	1,924
1998	957
1999	1,150
2000	1,211
2001	1,081
2002	1,012
2003	756
2004	1,363
2005	1,294
2006	1,376
2007	1,418
2008	887
2009	1,030
2010	890
2011	868
2012	1,776
2013	782
2014	1,149
2015	1,279
2016	622
2017	1,212
2018	1,197
2019	747
2020	494
2021	824
2022	1,096
2023	1,232
2024	642
2025	841
2026	1,153

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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	57
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1