Weather Records on 2 March 1932

371 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1932. Highest significance: Milan, IT.

Key Facts for 2 March 1932

On 2 March 1932, 371 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
203 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 364 daily.
Milan set a daily record low maximum temperature of 1.6 C (34.9 F) on 2 March 1932.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

371 stations

371 station records on 2 March 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milan	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yathong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kenora	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bahragora	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Creek Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	235.0 mm (9.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bah	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anjangaon	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kenora	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Erandol	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

371 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 March 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 March 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 364.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

320 broken records

Margins by which the 320 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1932

Top 20 records on 2 March 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1932	Milan, IT	daily low max	1.6 C (34.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	117 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1932	Portage Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1932	Yathong, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1932	Minnedosa, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1932	Khed, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1932	Spokane Intl AP, US	monthly snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	3.5 cm (1.4 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1932	Aurora Water, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1932	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1932	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1932	Kenora, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1932	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1932	College STN 6 SW, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1932	Joliet, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1932	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1932	Chicoutimi, CA	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	49 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1932	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1932	Bahragora, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1932	Moscow U of I, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1932	Austin, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1932	Junction 4SSW, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1932. 1932 had 371 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	293
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2