Weather Records on 1 March 1946

358 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1946. Highest significance: Mandya, IN.

Key Facts for 1 March 1946

On 1 March 1946, 358 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
247 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 351 daily.
Mandya set a daily record precipitation of 43.4 mm (1.7 in) on 1 March 1946.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 523 records.

Record Map

358 stations

358 station records on 1 March 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mandya	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Srirangpatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Denman Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bamfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record low maximum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-27.5 C (-17.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.1 C (-11.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.2 C (-15.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vickery 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turuvekere	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magadi	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gaudan-In-Turkmen	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Phulbani	India	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dharmasala	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

358 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 67, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 1 March 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	67
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 1 March 1946 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 351.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

288 broken records

Margins by which the 288 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 700.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1946

Top 20 records on 1 March 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1946	Mandya, IN	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1946	Beaver Lake, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1946	Srirangpatnam, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1946	Denman Island, CA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1946	Vanersborg, SE	daily low min	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	8.5 C (15.3 F)	57 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1946	Mayville, US	monthly snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1946	Armagh, GB	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	79 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1946	Saltspring Island, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1946	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	64 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1946	Skara 1, SE	daily low min	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1946	New Westminster, CA	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1946	Clayoquot, CA	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1946	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	64 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1946	Uccle, BE	daily low max	0.1 C (32.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	57 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1946	Bamfield, CA	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1946	Barkerville, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1946	Le Bourget, FR	monthly low max	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1946	Riksgransen, SE	monthly low min	-27.5 C (-17.5 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1946	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	51 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1946	Truro Nsac, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	24 years	24 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1946. 1946 had 358 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 100	284
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1