Weather Records on 5 March 1936

125 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1936. Highest significance: Webster City, US.

Key Facts for 5 March 1936

On 5 March 1936, 125 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
48 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 120 daily.
Webster City set a daily record snow depth of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 5 March 1936.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

125 stations

125 station records on 5 March 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record snow depth	279.4 cm (110.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ettumanur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	294.0 cm (115.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yalpunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Seoni	India	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoshangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harda	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agar	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nedumangad	India	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Makrai	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Edalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Amalner	India	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lalitpur	India	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	145.0 cm (57.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	139.0 cm (54.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mundargi	India	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Parasala	India	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dhar	India	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tendukhera	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Khandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dhulia	India	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pachora	India	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nagarcoil	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Watrap	India	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jabera	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

125 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 56, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 5 March 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	56
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 5 March 1936 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 120.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

100 broken records

Margins by which the 100 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1143.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1936

Top 20 records on 5 March 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1936	Webster City, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1936	Storm Lake, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1936	Bloomsbury Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1936	Mirani Post Office, AU	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1936	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1936	Collaroy Station, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1936	Nebo, AU	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1936	Le Mars, US	daily snow depth	279.4 cm (110.0 in)	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1936	Rock Rapids, US	daily snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	13 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1936	Ettumanur, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1936	Geilo, NO	all-time snow depth	294.0 cm (115.7 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	0 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1936	Yalpunga, AU	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	22 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1936	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1936	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1936	Seoni, IN	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1936	Hoshangabad, IN	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1936	Salekhard, RU	daily rain	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1936	Sohagpur, IN	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1936	Kuzhithurai, IN	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1936	St. Petersburg, RU	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	42 years	20 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1936. 1936 had 125 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 200	96
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1