Weather Records on 2 March 1940

522 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1940. Highest significance: Simcoe, CA.

Key Facts for 2 March 1940

On 2 March 1940, 522 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
165 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 517 daily.
Simcoe set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 2 March 1940.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

522 stations

522 station records on 2 March 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bilasipara	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Little Sioux	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroolin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pathalipam	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chhaygaon	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Toogoolawah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goalpara	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongbar (Central Park Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koolool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jalugudi	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

522 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 312, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 2 March 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	312
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 2 March 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 517.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

443 broken records

Margins by which the 443 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1940

Top 20 records on 2 March 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1940	Simcoe, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1940	Taylorsville 2SW, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1940	Bilasipara, IN	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1940	Creston 2 SW, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1940	Blair, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1940	Peak Downs, AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1940	Oregon, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1940	Hill City Muni AP, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1940	Little Sioux, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1940	Wooroolin Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1940	Zeehan Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1940	Pathalipam, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1940	Bethany, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1940	Conception, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1940	Yuma, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1940	Rushville, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1940	Tecumseh 1S, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1940	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1940	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1940	Hannibal, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 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

1802 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1940. 1940 had 522 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 20	390
20 to 40	40
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1