Weather Records on 5 March 1937

417 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1937. Highest significance: Kalgoorlie Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 5 March 1937

On 5 March 1937, 417 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
270 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 416 daily.
Kalgoorlie Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 5 March 1937.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

417 stations

417 station records on 5 March 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kalgoorlie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wagin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Narrogin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jerramungup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Westbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Widgiemooltha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gumma	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salur	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimunipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bunkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nanambinia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhawanipatna	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetoun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nawarangpur	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chidavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

417 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 158, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 112, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 115, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 5 March 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	158
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	112
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	115
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 5 March 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 416.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

355 broken records

Margins by which the 355 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1937

Top 20 records on 5 March 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1937	Kalgoorlie Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1937	Katanning Comparison, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1937	Wagin, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1937	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1937	Elandshoek, Boston, ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1937	Narrogin, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1937	Exwell Park, ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1937	Runge, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1937	Genoa, IT	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	59 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1937	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1937	Insikeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1937	Jerramungup, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1937	Blanco, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1937	Westbourne, AU	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1937	Markland Dam 39, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1937	Cuero, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1937	Luling, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1937	Mbabane, SZ	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1937	Qu'appelle, CA	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	58 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1937	Port Townsend, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	43 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

1794 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1937. 1937 had 417 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 1937-03-05: 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 50	346
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1