Weather Records on 2 March 1947

878 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1947. Highest significance: Pembroke Eddy Match, CA.

Key Facts for 2 March 1947

On 2 March 1947, 878 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 314 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 851 daily.
Pembroke Eddy Match set a daily record snowfall of 48.3 cm (19.0 in) on 2 March 1947.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

878 stations

878 station records on 2 March 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Mycumbene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Farias Brito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.3 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jamkhandi	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Durango	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Diddillibah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pulletop (Matta Mia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ariyalur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Tamarind St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Graman (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Antenor Navarro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Imbil Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bohemia Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Umari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Thammampatty	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buderim Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oakhurst 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-7.6 C (18.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kumily	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mooloolah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uralla (Salisbury Court)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

878 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 163, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 151, Heaviest daily rainfall 371, Heaviest daily snowfall 111, Deepest snow cover 60.

Records on 2 March 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	163
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	151
Heaviest daily rainfall	371
Heaviest daily snowfall	111
Deepest snow cover	60

Records on 2 March 1947 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 851.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

734 broken records

Margins by which the 734 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 386.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1947

Top 20 records on 2 March 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1947	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	38.6 cm (15.2 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1947	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1947	Booligal (Mycumbene), AU	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1947	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	0 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1947	Woodstock 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1947	Farias Brito, BR	daily rain	92.3 mm (3.6 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1947	Middleboro, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1947	Palmwoods Post Office, AU	daily rain	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1947	Jamkhandi, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1947	Durango, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1947	Diddillibah, AU	daily rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1947	Montville "Craglands", AU	daily rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	103.7 mm (4.1 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1947	Pulletop (Matta Mia), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1947	Ariyalur, IN	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1947	Tombong (Hillcrest), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1947	Toronto, CA	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1947	Bikin, RU	monthly rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1947	Ottawa Cda, CA	monthly snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1947	Landsborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1947	Maleny Tamarind St, AU	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	22 years	40 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

1802 to 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1947. 1947 had 878 records.

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

Records on 03-02 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1814	1
1836	1
1845	1
1846	2
1848	1
1852	1
1854	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1866	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	1
1893	11
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	4
1900	12
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	10
1905	7
1906	22
1907	4
1908	16
1909	19
1910	11
1911	13
1912	57
1913	32
1914	36
1915	20
1916	65
1917	37
1918	22
1919	23
1920	85
1921	241
1922	73
1923	219
1924	50
1925	220
1926	85
1927	152
1928	75
1929	191
1930	133
1931	250
1932	371
1933	89
1934	364
1935	198
1936	441
1937	162
1938	415
1939	222
1940	522
1941	507
1942	261
1943	912
1944	249
1945	494
1946	290
1947	878
1948	744
1949	196
1950	441
1951	801
1952	794
1953	731
1954	491
1955	647
1956	510
1957	282
1958	247
1959	310
1960	1,650
1961	768
1962	1,155
1963	518
1964	679
1965	687
1966	583
1967	644
1968	629
1969	417
1970	887
1971	1,033
1972	1,713
1973	522
1974	1,474
1975	399
1976	1,903
1977	384
1978	1,272
1979	728
1980	2,905
1981	534
1982	924
1983	1,518
1984	566
1985	733
1986	1,075
1987	1,370
1988	833
1989	1,395
1990	826
1991	1,512
1992	1,852
1993	906
1994	1,540
1995	1,382
1996	541
1997	2,594
1998	687
1999	1,176
2000	1,093
2001	1,373
2002	1,466
2003	709
2004	1,064
2005	966
2006	1,017
2007	1,726
2008	889
2009	1,498
2010	859
2011	664
2012	933
2013	795
2014	1,545
2015	933
2016	652
2017	565
2018	816
2019	901
2020	538
2021	529
2022	1,017
2023	1,094
2024	886
2025	708
2026	1,163

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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	668
50 to 100	48
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1