Weather Records on 1 March 1950

249 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1950. Highest significance: Kendall, US.

Key Facts for 1 March 1950

On 1 March 1950, 249 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 240 daily.
Kendall set a daily record snowfall of 35.6 cm (14.0 in) on 1 March 1950.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

249 stations

249 station records on 1 March 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kendall	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	292.9 mm (11.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Piracuruca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zamenkomst	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walebing	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.1 C (111.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tweespruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrix	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wonderfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.9 C (105.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Donnacona	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kafferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Joliette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Temiscamingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmashogue,Lowlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Berrings	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mancelona	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Makrai	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Donnacona	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rooipoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

249 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 130, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 1 March 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 1 March 1950 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 240.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

207 broken records

Margins by which the 207 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1950

Top 20 records on 1 March 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1950	Kendall, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1950	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1950	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1950	Crohamhurst, AU	daily rain	292.9 mm (11.5 in)	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1950	Greeneville Exp STN, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1950	Barrage (Rwb), ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1950	Freiburg, DE	daily snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	41 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1950	Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras), BR	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1950	Murraysburg (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	5 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1950	Rome, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1950	Piracuruca, BR	monthly rain	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1950	Klerkskraal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1950	Seward AP, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1950	Maryvale Station, AU	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1950	Grand Falls, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1950	Henichesk, UA	daily high max	12.4 C (54.3 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1950	Acude Bonito, BR	daily rain	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1950	Escada, BR	daily rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1950	Zamenkomst, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 March 1950	Canton, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	26 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1950. 1950 had 249 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	192
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1