Weather Records on 5 March 1941

245 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1941. Highest significance: Manassa, US.

Key Facts for 5 March 1941

On 5 March 1941, 245 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 235 daily.
Manassa set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 5 March 1941.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

245 stations

245 station records on 5 March 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manassa	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maricopa 9 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Truchas	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tambe (Itambe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Larned	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Payson Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Cariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	172.3 mm (6.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hutchinson River	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Deerfield Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph Wbo	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Springhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Sabugi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cubbaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kellys Plain (Haroldston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bateman Rch	United States	Record snow depth	142.2 cm (56.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Larned	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Truchas	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bateman Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uliman (Brentwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

245 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 5 March 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 5 March 1941 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 235.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

205 broken records

Margins by which the 205 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1941

Top 20 records on 5 March 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1941	Manassa, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1941	Maricopa 9 SSW, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1941	McPherson, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1941	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1941	Pratt 3NW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1941	Medicine Lodge, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1941	Truchas, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1941	Tambe (Itambe), BR	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1941	Larned, US	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1941	Payson Rs, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1941	Collarenebri (Goondoobluie), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1941	Coonabarabran (Namoi Street), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1941	Ellsworth, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1941	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1941	Trenton, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1941	Pomona/Fairplex, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1941	Alva 1W, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1941	El Dorado, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1941	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1941	Bimerah, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	27 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1941. 1941 had 245 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 1941-03-05: 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	182
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2