Weather Records on 5 March 1933

352 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1933. Highest significance: Kingfisher, US.

Key Facts for 5 March 1933

On 5 March 1933, 352 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 345 daily.
Kingfisher set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 5 March 1933.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

352 stations

352 station records on 5 March 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kingfisher	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wandagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chickasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waukomis	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ningaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yanrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sanivarsanthe	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Smith	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mossgiel (Moolbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hatfield (Benilkie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moira Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalmar_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

352 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 262, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 5 March 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	262
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 5 March 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 345.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

307 broken records

Margins by which the 307 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1933

Top 20 records on 5 March 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1933	Kingfisher, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1933	Norwich, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1933	Marlow 1 WSW, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1933	Ardmore, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1933	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1933	Wandagee, AU	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1933	Enid, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1933	Lincoln UNIV Farm, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1933	Guthrie 5S, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1933	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1933	Chickasha, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1933	Norman 3SSE, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1933	Crete 4ESE, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1933	Waukomis, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1933	La Delle 7 NE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1933	Mt Hope, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1933	Pauls Valley 4 WSW, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1933	Ningaloo, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1933	Clay Ctr, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1933	Yanrey, AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	34 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1933. 1933 had 352 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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Data for records on 1933-03-05: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 25	272
25 to 50	25
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1