Weather Records on 2 March 1939

222 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1939. Highest significance: Corning, US.

Key Facts for 2 March 1939

On 2 March 1939, 222 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 213 daily.
Corning set a daily record snow depth of 114.3 cm (45.0 in) on 2 March 1939.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

222 stations

222 station records on 2 March 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Corning	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	466.1 mm (18.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sugahara Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gillsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Derriwong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Red Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel Hill (Kundiewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Darauli	India	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thornlea	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandila	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mohanlalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dillalah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Malihabad	India	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gangajalghati	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Raghunathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Robertsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

222 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 2 March 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 2 March 1939 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 213.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

186 broken records

Margins by which the 186 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 889.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1939

Top 20 records on 2 March 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1939	Corning, US	daily snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1939	Papaikou 144.1, US	all-time rain	466.1 mm (18.4 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1939	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1939	Kaslo, CA	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1939	Horton, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1939	Kaslo, CA	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1939	Hampton, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1939	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1939	Oxford, GB	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	67 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1939	Sloan 3 S, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1939	Bakke, NO	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1939	Paso Robles, US	monthly low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1939	Brookhaven City, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1939	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	66 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1939	Mana 1026, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1939	Sugahara Camp, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1939	Mardie, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1939	Hakalau 142, US	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1939	Pahala 21, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1939	Gillsville, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	25 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

1802 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1939. 1939 had 222 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-02 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1814	1
1836	1
1845	1
1846	2
1848	1
1852	1
1854	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1866	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	1
1893	11
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	4
1900	12
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	10
1905	7
1906	22
1907	4
1908	16
1909	19
1910	11
1911	13
1912	57
1913	32
1914	36
1915	20
1916	65
1917	37
1918	22
1919	23
1920	85
1921	241
1922	73
1923	219
1924	50
1925	220
1926	85
1927	152
1928	75
1929	191
1930	133
1931	250
1932	371
1933	89
1934	364
1935	198
1936	441
1937	162
1938	415
1939	222
1940	522
1941	507
1942	261
1943	912
1944	249
1945	494
1946	290
1947	878
1948	744
1949	196
1950	441
1951	801
1952	794
1953	731
1954	491
1955	647
1956	510
1957	282
1958	247
1959	310
1960	1,650
1961	768
1962	1,155
1963	518
1964	679
1965	687
1966	583
1967	644
1968	629
1969	417
1970	887
1971	1,033
1972	1,713
1973	522
1974	1,474
1975	399
1976	1,903
1977	384
1978	1,272
1979	728
1980	2,905
1981	534
1982	924
1983	1,518
1984	566
1985	733
1986	1,075
1987	1,370
1988	833
1989	1,395
1990	826
1991	1,512
1992	1,852
1993	906
1994	1,540
1995	1,382
1996	541
1997	2,594
1998	687
1999	1,176
2000	1,093
2001	1,373
2002	1,466
2003	709
2004	1,064
2005	966
2006	1,017
2007	1,726
2008	889
2009	1,498
2010	859
2011	664
2012	933
2013	795
2014	1,545
2015	933
2016	652
2017	565
2018	816
2019	901
2020	538
2021	529
2022	1,017
2023	1,094
2024	886
2025	708
2026	1,163

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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	180
200 to 400	4
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1