Weather Records on 1 March 1934

401 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1934. Highest significance: Strawberry Hill (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 1 March 1934

On 1 March 1934, 401 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 351 daily.
Strawberry Hill (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 96.0 mm (3.8 in) on 1 March 1934.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 523 records.

Record Map

401 stations

401 station records on 1 March 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Esquimalt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mantova	Italy	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Noonkanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lynchburg - Coop	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barkola	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mifflintown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Robertsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Middelwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

401 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 53, Lowest daily minimum 144, Heaviest daily rainfall 121, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 1 March 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	53
Lowest daily minimum	144
Heaviest daily rainfall	121
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 1 March 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 50, daily 351.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

335 broken records

Margins by which the 335 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1934

Top 20 records on 1 March 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1934	Strawberry Hill (Bos), ZA	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1934	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1934	College STN 6 SW, US	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1934	Kentani (Bos), ZA	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1934	Esquimalt, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1934	Mantova, IT	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1934	Great Brak River, ZA	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1934	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1934	Coleman, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1934	Philadelphia City, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1934	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1934	Tishomingo Natl Wr, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1934	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1934	Marlow 1 WSW, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1934	Hallettsville 2 N, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1934	Dialville 2 W, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1934	Noonkanbah, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1934	New Smyrna Beach, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1934	Plain Dealing, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1934	Darlington, US	monthly low min	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	33 years	31 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1934. 1934 had 401 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	295
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2