Weather Records on 7 March 1943

1,024 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 March 1943. Highest significance: Sturt Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 7 March 1943

On 7 March 1943, 1,024 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 807 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 107 monthly and 916 daily.
Sturt Creek set a daily record precipitation of 134.1 mm (5.3 in) on 7 March 1943.
Across 171 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

1,024 stations

1,024 station records on 7 March 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 March 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Edgar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Talga Talga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Skjomen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	205.0 cm (80.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	525.0 cm (206.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Campbell (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Girona (Antic Institut)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Raquette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bamboo Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Strelley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,024 records

Records set or tied on 7 March 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 248, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 559, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 37.

Records on 7 March 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	248
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	559
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	37

Records on 7 March 1943 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 107, daily 916.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

835 broken records

Margins by which the 835 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1550.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 March 1943

Top 20 records on 7 March 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 March 1943	Sturt Creek, AU	daily rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1943	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1943	Warralong, AU	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1943	Nullagine, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1943	Bonney Downs, AU	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	86.8 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1943	Mount Edgar, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1943	Talga Talga, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1943	Bamboo Creek, AU	daily rain	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1943	Wallal Downs, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1943	Skjomen, NO	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1943	Huntsville, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1943	Lawrence, US	monthly low min	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1943	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	15.0 C (27.0 F)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1943	Malvern Hills, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1943	Tarnaby, SE	daily snow depth	205.0 cm (80.7 in)	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1943	Eustis 2 S, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1943	Bushy Vales, Margate, ZA	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1943	Concord, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1943	Lockwood, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1943	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 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

1796 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1943. 1943 had 1,024 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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Data for records on 1943-03-07: 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 200	833
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	0
1400 to 1600	1