Weather Records on 2 March 1942

261 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1942. Highest significance: Hillmoor, ZA.

Key Facts for 2 March 1942

On 2 March 1942, 261 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 242 daily.
Hillmoor set a daily record precipitation of 52.3 mm (2.1 in) on 2 March 1942.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

261 stations

261 station records on 2 March 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ponnamaravathi	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ko253Lpatti Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rock House	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trichur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur City	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uthamapalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Watrap	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Irikkur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kayatnur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nelsdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tulia 6 NE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manor Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ramanathapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Philippolis (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kodaikanal	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Illerbrun	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pinopolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Srivilliputhur	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.2 C (106.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karikode	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Settle	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poonampet	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

261 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 2 March 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 2 March 1942 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 14, daily 242.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

225 broken records

Margins by which the 225 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 290.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1942

Top 20 records on 2 March 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1942	Hillmoor, ZA	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1942	Ponnamaravathi, IN	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1942	Ko253Lpatti Sr, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1942	Arthur City, US	all-time snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1942	Rock House, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1942	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1942	Weissenburg, DE	daily snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1942	Trichur, IN	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1942	Arthur City, US	all-time snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1942	Ebrach, DE	daily snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1942	Eustis 2 S, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1942	Uthamapalayam, IN	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1942	New Smyrna Beach, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1942	Watrap, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1942	Greensboro, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1942	Knoxville AP, US	all-time snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	7.3 cm (2.9 in)	2 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1942	Ada, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1942	Washington, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	85 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1942	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
2 March 1942	Irikkur, IN	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	34 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1942. 1942 had 261 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 50	198
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1