Weather Records on 5 March 1935

503 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1935. Highest significance: Woodville 4 ESE, US.

Key Facts for 5 March 1935

On 5 March 1935, 503 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
312 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 494 daily.
Woodville 4 ESE set a daily record precipitation of 124.5 mm (4.9 in) on 5 March 1935.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

503 stations

503 station records on 5 March 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Circleville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Philo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

503 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 252, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 106, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 5 March 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	252
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	106
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 5 March 1935 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 494.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

408 broken records

Margins by which the 408 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1935

Top 20 records on 5 March 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1935	Woodville 4 ESE, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1935	Natchez, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1935	Macon 2 NE, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1935	Minnedosa, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	51 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1935	Treherne, CA	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1935	Savanne, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1935	Amite, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1935	Brookhaven City, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1935	Prattville, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1935	Borroloola, AU	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1935	Treherne, CA	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1935	Monroe #2, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1935	Glasgow #2, US	monthly snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1935	Bellefontaine, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1935	Fremont, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1935	Portsmouth-Sciotoville, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1935	Toledo Blade, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	54 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1935	Russell, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	46 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1935	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1935	Findlay Wpcc, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	40 years	27 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1935. 1935 had 503 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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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	380
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1