Weather Records on 2 March 1941

507 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1941. Highest significance: Yarrie, AU.

Key Facts for 2 March 1941

On 2 March 1941, 507 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 478 daily.
Yarrie set an all-time record daily precipitation of 190.5 mm (7.5 in) on 2 March 1941.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

507 stations

507 station records on 2 March 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	251.5 mm (9.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wallareenya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	221.7 mm (8.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Port Hedland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	282.7 mm (11.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Edgar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nimingarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Talga Talga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Argoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	229.4 mm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ettrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caiwarro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moroco East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uardry 2 Out Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo (Hartwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roy Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Government Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Castra Central	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Scott Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Natue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boomanoomana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Strelley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	265.4 mm (10.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dookie Agricultural College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Multai	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dug (Dag)	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Noreena Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dynevor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Merrowie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lexton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bhainsdehi	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

507 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 275, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 2 March 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	275
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 2 March 1941 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 16, daily 478.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

416 broken records

Margins by which the 416 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 154.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1941

Top 20 records on 2 March 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1941	Yarrie, AU	all-time rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1941	Muccan, AU	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1941	Mulyie, AU	all-time rain	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	10 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1941	Bamboo Creek, AU	all-time rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	10 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1941	De Grey, AU	all-time rain	251.5 mm (9.9 in)	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	6 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1941	Marble Bar Comparison, AU	all-time rain	304.8 mm (12.0 in)	154.4 mm (6.1 in)	10 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1941	Wallareenya, AU	monthly rain	221.7 mm (8.7 in)	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1941	Port Hedland Post Office, AU	all-time rain	282.7 mm (11.1 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1941	Mount Edgar, AU	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1941	Nimingarra, AU	all-time rain	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1941	Nullagine, AU	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1941	Warralong, AU	all-time rain	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	2 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1941	Vineland, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1941	Talga Talga, AU	all-time rain	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1941	Argoon, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1941	Pardoo Station, AU	all-time rain	229.4 mm (9.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1941	Collingwood, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	69 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1941	Rosedale, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1941	Ettrick, AU	all-time rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1941	Fulham Park, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	44 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1941. 1941 had 507 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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Data for records on 1941-03-02: 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 20	349
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	3