Weather Records on 1 March 1954

893 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1954. Highest significance: Barrie, CA.

Key Facts for 1 March 1954

On 1 March 1954, 893 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
345 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 851 daily.
Barrie set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 1 March 1954.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 520 records.

Record Map

893 stations

893 station records on 1 March 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	207.3 mm (8.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
E Lawai 934	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dennison Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Farrell Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Springs 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Westernport	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Frostburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Willowghby East Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefonte 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coraopolis Neville Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 3 SE Unity	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mendota	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Piedmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kapuskasing Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kapuskasing Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

893 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 200, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 359, Heaviest daily snowfall 99, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 1 March 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	200
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	359
Heaviest daily snowfall	99
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 1 March 1954 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 41, daily 851.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

804 broken records

Margins by which the 804 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1954

Top 20 records on 1 March 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1954	Barrie, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	86 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1954	Altoona Horseshoe Curv, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1954	Lihue 1020, US	monthly rain	207.3 mm (8.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1954	Beckley Va Hospital, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1954	E Lawai 934, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1954	Brucefield, CA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1954	Walkerton, CA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1954	Wooster Exp STN, US	monthly snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1954	Toronto, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1954	Dennison Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1954	Oberlin, US	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1954	Butler, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1954	Farrell Sharon, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1954	Somerset Main Street, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1954	Simcoe, CA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1954	Millersburg, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1954	Warren 3 S, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1954	Springs 1 SW, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1954	Catawba Hospital, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1954	Bayard, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	53 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1954. 1954 had 893 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	742
50 to 100	38
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	5