Weather Records on 1 March 1953

615 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1953. Highest significance: Oelrichs, US.

Key Facts for 1 March 1953

On 1 March 1953, 615 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 598 daily.
Oelrichs set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 1 March 1953.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

615 stations

615 station records on 1 March 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Deerfield Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Malta	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lindisfarne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fredrikstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Luiz Correia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vivian	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Old Beach (Compton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Risdon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colony	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hilland 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore (Mangalore Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Robeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vicosa Do Ceara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rupert 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Val (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Redig 11 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pana	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

615 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 318, Heaviest daily snowfall 129, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 1 March 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	318
Heaviest daily snowfall	129
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 1 March 1953 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 598.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

518 broken records

Margins by which the 518 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1953

Top 20 records on 1 March 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1953	Oelrichs, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1953	Deerfield Dam, US	monthly snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1953	Fairfax, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1953	Rokeby (the Mall), AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1953	Malta, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1953	Oelrichs, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1953	Cambridge (Milford), AU	monthly rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1953	Kempton (Oakmore), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1953	Oakley, US	monthly snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1953	Lindisfarne, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1953	Fredrikstad (Sar), ZA	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1953	Luiz Correia, BR	all-time rain	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1953	Richmond (Brookbank), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1953	Vivian, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1953	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1953	Oakley, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1953	Newcastle, US	all-time snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1953	Buskala Rch, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1953	Old Beach (Compton), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1953	Risdon, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	41 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

1808 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1953. 1953 had 615 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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Data for records on 1953-03-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	502
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1