Weather Records on 7 March 1942

398 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 March 1942. Highest significance: Balumath, IN.

Key Facts for 7 March 1942

On 7 March 1942, 398 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 384 daily.
Balumath set a daily record precipitation of 36.3 mm (1.4 in) on 7 March 1942.
Across 171 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

398 stations

398 station records on 7 March 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 March 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Balumath	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ancho	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chatra	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tandwa	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Satgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Domeriaganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanbad Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gallinas Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bhandaria	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.7 C (-21.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dumka	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gangajalghati	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mahespur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chas	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oorschot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.1 C (-4.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gogri	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-19.7 C (-3.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Levy	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Badplaas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamui	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gondwara(Kohra)	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

398 records

Records set or tied on 7 March 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 147, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 7 March 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 7 March 1942 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 384.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

321 broken records

Margins by which the 321 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 210.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 March 1942

Top 20 records on 7 March 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 March 1942	Balumath, IN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1942	Wokha, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1942	Pitkin, US	all-time rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1942	Frankfort 2NE, US	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1942	Ancho, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1942	Chatra, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1942	Tandwa, IN	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1942	Satgawan, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1942	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low min	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1942	Domeriaganj Sr, IN	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1942	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1942	Vanersborg, SE	daily low min	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	55 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1942	Oconto 4 W, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1942	Sandvig, DK	daily low min	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1942	Dhanbad Sr, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1942	Gallinas Rs, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1942	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1942	Bhandaria, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1942	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily low min	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	55 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1942	Vastervik, SE	daily low min	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	52 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

1796 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1942. 1942 had 398 records.

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

Records on 03-07 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	1
1808	1
1813	1
1818	1
1822	1
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1840	1
1845	2
1849	2
1850	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	3
1865	1
1868	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	5
1895	4
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	5
1900	2
1901	6
1902	2
1903	4
1904	16
1905	5
1906	27
1907	7
1908	13
1909	57
1910	95
1911	26
1912	16
1913	101
1914	20
1915	22
1916	82
1917	54
1918	28
1919	39
1920	273
1921	86
1922	77
1923	91
1924	86
1925	273
1926	175
1927	155
1928	69
1929	103
1930	161
1931	384
1932	737
1933	152
1934	302
1935	274
1936	122
1937	258
1938	72
1939	255
1940	273
1941	333
1942	398
1943	1,024
1944	508
1945	318
1946	643
1947	448
1948	335
1949	452
1950	558
1951	1,098
1952	277
1953	351
1954	330
1955	462
1956	1,169
1957	428
1958	947
1959	238
1960	1,388
1961	614
1962	608
1963	363
1964	837
1965	300
1966	367
1967	998
1968	1,085
1969	650
1970	690
1971	664
1972	949
1973	1,258
1974	1,771
1975	560
1976	355
1977	674
1978	959
1979	837
1980	356
1981	883
1982	727
1983	1,646
1984	669
1985	549
1986	918
1987	2,048
1988	796
1989	2,215
1990	1,399
1991	859
1992	1,063
1993	563
1994	700
1995	2,011
1996	1,912
1997	716
1998	1,535
1999	960
2000	1,880
2001	766
2002	1,201
2003	886
2004	827
2005	1,043
2006	833
2007	1,031
2008	1,204
2009	1,015
2010	1,103
2011	808
2012	743
2013	655
2014	788
2015	1,090
2016	961
2017	773
2018	377
2019	1,245
2020	639
2021	270
2022	1,388
2023	1,130
2024	414
2025	1,046
2026	1,456

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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	300
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1