Weather Records on 1 March 1943

256 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1943. Highest significance: Bidgemia, AU.

Key Facts for 1 March 1943

On 1 March 1943, 256 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 240 daily.
Bidgemia set an all-time record daily precipitation of 264.9 mm (10.4 in) on 1 March 1943.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

256 stations

256 station records on 1 March 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bidgemia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	264.9 mm (10.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Meedo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gascoyne Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	263.7 mm (10.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Klipspruit (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brickhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Callagiddy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boolathana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Middalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Randfontein (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Krugersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	181.0 cm (71.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lyons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wooramel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milnes Landing	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Industria	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maraisburg (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Vrededorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg I	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Seven Persons	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Honomanu 450	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

256 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 1 March 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 1 March 1943 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 13, daily 240.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

213 broken records

Margins by which the 213 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1943

Top 20 records on 1 March 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1943	Bidgemia, AU	all-time rain	264.9 mm (10.4 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1943	Meedo, AU	monthly rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1943	Gascoyne Junction, AU	all-time rain	263.7 mm (10.4 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1943	Maristova, NO	monthly rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1943	Klipspruit (Pur), ZA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1943	Emsdale, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1943	Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm, ZA	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1943	Jhb-Joubert Park, ZA	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1943	Brickhouse, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1943	Callagiddy Station, AU	monthly rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1943	Ottoshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1943	Boolathana, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1943	Middalya, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1943	Randfontein (Gm), ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1943	Carnarvon Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1943	Southampton, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1943	Victoria River Downs, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1943	Pine Creek, AU	monthly rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1943	Hawthorne, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1943	Huntsville, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	63 years	33 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

1808 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1943. 1943 had 256 records.

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

Records on 03-01 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1814	1
1817	1
1827	1
1836	2
1844	1
1846	4
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	3
1872	1
1875	4
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	6
1886	10
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	8
1899	1
1900	7
1901	1
1902	14
1903	11
1904	13
1905	4
1906	30
1907	5
1908	14
1909	19
1910	14
1911	20
1912	64
1913	26
1914	23
1915	21
1916	34
1917	15
1918	16
1919	57
1920	98
1921	411
1922	139
1923	127
1924	44
1925	100
1926	86
1927	203
1928	61
1929	181
1930	90
1931	140
1932	462
1933	94
1934	401
1935	167
1936	232
1937	220
1938	308
1939	565
1940	513
1941	644
1942	391
1943	256
1944	155
1945	178
1946	358
1947	933
1948	893
1949	250
1950	249
1951	564
1952	564
1953	615
1954	893
1955	1,028
1956	523
1957	293
1958	459
1959	463
1960	1,530
1961	548
1962	2,067
1963	532
1964	563
1965	696
1966	575
1967	731
1968	966
1969	439
1970	725
1971	943
1972	1,524
1973	613
1974	954
1975	411
1976	1,612
1977	317
1978	1,065
1979	507
1980	2,040
1981	550
1982	918
1983	1,048
1984	720
1985	676
1986	1,317
1987	2,042
1988	722
1989	924
1990	1,000
1991	926
1992	1,827
1993	1,189
1994	1,339
1995	1,214
1996	641
1997	1,924
1998	957
1999	1,150
2000	1,211
2001	1,081
2002	1,012
2003	756
2004	1,363
2005	1,294
2006	1,376
2007	1,418
2008	887
2009	1,030
2010	890
2011	868
2012	1,776
2013	782
2014	1,149
2015	1,279
2016	622
2017	1,212
2018	1,197
2019	747
2020	494
2021	824
2022	1,096
2023	1,232
2024	642
2025	841
2026	1,153

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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	187
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1