Weather Records on 4 March 1945

465 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1945. Highest significance: Randfontein (Gm), ZA.

Key Facts for 4 March 1945

On 4 March 1945, 465 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
129 were record highs and 152 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 432 daily.
Randfontein (Gm) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 109.5 mm (4.3 in) on 4 March 1945.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

465 stations

465 station records on 4 March 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Randfontein (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Maraisburg (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Industria	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Krugersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Vrededorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Val (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beagle Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wexford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sub-Nigel (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zamenkomst	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nooitgedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuwpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Klipspruit (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Twyfelspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Waterkloof-Cntry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Burgerspark	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springkell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Donkerhoek-Rainhill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Witsieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mmabatho Arpt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Welbedacht Agric Office	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Devon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Long Beach Pub Svc	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.9 mm (6.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roodekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rosherville (Pow)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

465 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 4 March 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 4 March 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 32, daily 432.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

356 broken records

Margins by which the 356 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 1945

Top 20 records on 4 March 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1945	Randfontein (Gm), ZA	monthly rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1945	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	monthly rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1945	Maraisburg (Gm), ZA	monthly rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1945	Industria, ZA	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1945	Krugersdorp, ZA	monthly rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	2 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1945	Greylingstad (Sar), ZA	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1945	Roodepoort (Mun), ZA	monthly rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1945	Jhb-Vrededorp, ZA	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1945	Val (Sar), ZA	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1945	Germiston-Fj Payne Park, ZA	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1945	Beagle Bay, AU	daily rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1945	Wexford, ZA	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1945	Sub-Nigel (Gm), ZA	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1945	Zamenkomst, ZA	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1945	Nooitgedacht, ZA	monthly rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1945	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1945	Leeuwpoort, ZA	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1945	Oakley, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1945	Camperdown, ZA	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1945	Klipspruit (Pur), ZA	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)

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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1945. 1945 had 465 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	341
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1