Weather Records on 1 March 1940

513 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1940. Highest significance: Goodland, US.

Key Facts for 1 March 1940

On 1 March 1940, 513 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
139 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 500 daily.
Goodland set a daily record precipitation of 35.3 mm (1.4 in) on 1 March 1940.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

513 stations

513 station records on 1 March 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Raghopur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sadiya India	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sahebganj	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mankachar	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Raiganj	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Darbhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sairang	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lungleh	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Champhai	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Demagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pupri	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vlaklaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sherkawan	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nagla	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kukicherra	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Veta Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pachet(Kharai)	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwood Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kopati(Kaupati)	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aijal	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chaukuri	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barabazar	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amta	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Landsdown	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dullabcherra	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Koyah	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bijni	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jowai	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pandhera	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

513 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 75, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 313, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 1 March 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	75
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	313
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 1 March 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 500.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

449 broken records

Margins by which the 449 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1940

Top 20 records on 1 March 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1940	Goodland, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1940	Mc Cook, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1940	Culbertson, US	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1940	Raghopur, IN	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1940	Hayes Center 1NW, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1940	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1940	Sadiya India, IN	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1940	Sahebganj, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1940	Mankachar, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1940	Raiganj, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1940	Darbhanga, IN	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1940	Sairang, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1940	Lamar, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1940	Lodgepole, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1940	Lungleh, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1940	Champhai, IN	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1940	Demagiri, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1940	Towanda 1 S, US	monthly snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1940	Dhubri, IN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1940	Pupri, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)

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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1940. 1940 had 513 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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Data for records on 1940-03-01: 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	434
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2