Weather Records on 1 March 1949

250 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1949. Highest significance: Bottineau, US.

Key Facts for 1 March 1949

On 1 March 1949, 250 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 104 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 243 daily.
Bottineau set a monthly record snow depth of 48.3 cm (19.0 in) on 1 March 1949.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

250 stations

250 station records on 1 March 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carmel	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parnass Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palma 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wynnum Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palma 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tajique 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

250 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 68, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 1 March 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	68
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 1 March 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 243.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

201 broken records

Margins by which the 201 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1949

Top 20 records on 1 March 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1949	Bottineau, US	monthly snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1949	Brocken, DE	daily rain	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1949	Concord, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1949	Atkinson 3SW, US	monthly snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1949	Coeur D'Alene, US	monthly snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1949	Setauket Strong, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1949	Hartington, US	monthly snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1949	Carmel, US	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1949	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1949	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1949	Ft Valley, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1949	Parnass Vale, AU	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	2 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1949	Wallace, US	monthly snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1949	New Bedford Coop, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1949	Palma 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1949	Wynnum Railway Station, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1949	Kentville Cda, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1949	Vajda-Guba, RU	daily low min	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	53 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1949	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1949	Biser, RU	daily high min	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	55 years	23 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1949. 1949 had 250 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 50	177
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2