Weather Records on 4 March 1947

407 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1947. Highest significance: Shimoga, IN.

Key Facts for 4 March 1947

On 4 March 1947, 407 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 387 daily.
Shimoga set a daily record precipitation of 49.5 mm (1.9 in) on 4 March 1947.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

407 stations

407 station records on 4 March 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shimoga	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Talegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	80.8 cm (31.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmaggie (the Laurels)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manantoddy	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kurundwad	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saoner	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kindsi	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perseoni	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Teresina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tirora	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mukundapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pusad	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Linton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ramtek	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Katol	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Landsborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Katangi	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Digras	India	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Badgam	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

407 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 229, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 4 March 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 4 March 1947 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 387.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

342 broken records

Margins by which the 342 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 656.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 1947

Top 20 records on 4 March 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1947	Shimoga, IN	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1947	Watertown, US	daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1947	Talegaon, IN	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1947	Gaspe, CA	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1947	Gaspe, CA	daily snowfall	80.8 cm (31.8 in)	65.6 cm (25.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1947	Glenmaggie (the Laurels), AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1947	Manantoddy, IN	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1947	Kholapur, IN	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1947	Kurundwad, IN	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1947	Saoner, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1947	Kindsi, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1947	Bamboo Springs, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1947	Baldwinsville, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1947	Perseoni, IN	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1947	Durham, GB	monthly low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1947	Manjeri, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1947	Sheffield, GB	monthly low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1947	Kingston, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1947	Teresina, BR	all-time rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1947	Buxton, GB	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	56 years	37 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1947. 1947 had 407 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 100	335
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1