Weather Records on 4 March 1942

266 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1942. Highest significance: Jhaldah(Jhalda), IN.

Key Facts for 4 March 1942

On 4 March 1942, 266 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 251 daily.
Jhaldah(Jhalda) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 4 March 1942.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

266 stations

266 station records on 4 March 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jhaldah(Jhalda)	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Schoonoord	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woudzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.4 C (104.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Illawarra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Honokane 181.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.9 C (98.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar Island	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roodekuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Twyfelspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hendrikspan (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hope Little Mountain	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Premier Mine-Cullinan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg (Sternwarte)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alipurduar	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

266 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 65, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 88, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 4 March 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	65
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	88
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 4 March 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 251.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

207 broken records

Margins by which the 207 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 1942

Top 20 records on 4 March 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1942	Jhaldah(Jhalda), IN	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1942	Addison, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1942	Clarion 3 SW, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1942	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1942	Schoonoord, ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1942	Skaneateles, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1942	Woudzicht, ZA	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1942	Alfred, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1942	Oxford, GB	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1942	Weissenburg, DE	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1942	Norddal, NO	daily snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1942	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high max	40.4 C (104.7 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	73 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1942	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	7 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1942	Vestervig, DK	monthly low min	-14.9 C (5.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	60 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1942	Illawarra, ZA	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1942	Visby_Flygplats, SE	monthly low min	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1942	Kukuihaele Mill 206, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1942	Honokane 181.1, US	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	5 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1942	Haina 214, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1942	Asheville, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16 years	31 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

1801 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1942. 1942 had 266 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-04 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1804	1
1810	1
1814	1
1816	1
1817	1
1837	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	5
1846	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	6
1881	5
1882	2
1884	1
1886	3
1888	4
1889	3
1890	7
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	11
1897	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	18
1904	8
1905	8
1906	14
1907	13
1908	15
1909	23
1910	7
1911	6
1912	46
1913	23
1914	27
1915	27
1916	37
1917	51
1918	79
1919	162
1920	76
1921	99
1922	59
1923	206
1924	139
1925	272
1926	144
1927	132
1928	100
1929	252
1930	148
1931	295
1932	341
1933	357
1934	402
1935	528
1936	171
1937	336
1938	628
1939	278
1940	242
1941	278
1942	266
1943	1,123
1944	564
1945	465
1946	679
1947	407
1948	698
1949	299
1950	638
1951	740
1952	747
1953	540
1954	528
1955	1,317
1956	504
1957	294
1958	414
1959	743
1960	2,289
1961	773
1962	536
1963	502
1964	677
1965	855
1966	1,050
1967	359
1968	1,100
1969	252
1970	332
1971	1,217
1972	632
1973	569
1974	1,456
1975	514
1976	1,696
1977	1,240
1978	1,905
1979	1,100
1980	742
1981	742
1982	758
1983	2,210
1984	671
1985	1,118
1986	1,113
1987	1,577
1988	924
1989	1,369
1990	738
1991	1,343
1992	1,283
1993	749
1994	959
1995	1,062
1996	727
1997	1,013
1998	1,720
1999	990
2000	878
2001	762
2002	2,015
2003	861
2004	1,092
2005	782
2006	711
2007	779
2008	919
2009	1,460
2010	517
2011	682
2012	755
2013	708
2014	1,792
2015	577
2016	748
2017	571
2018	645
2019	2,178
2020	873
2021	492
2022	516
2023	807
2024	1,328
2025	695
2026	747

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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	195
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1