Weather Records on 2 March 1954

491 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1954. Highest significance: Karlshamn, SE.

Key Facts for 2 March 1954

On 2 March 1954, 491 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
167 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 476 daily.
Karlshamn set a daily record precipitation of 26.2 mm (1.0 in) on 2 March 1954.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

491 stations

491 station records on 2 March 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pottstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Run (River)	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hana 354	United States	Record daily precipitation	235.2 mm (9.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lansford	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chapleau 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chapleau 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ebensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clearfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg North	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holtwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Poughkeepsie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record snow depth	69.0 cm (27.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park Sf	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Macomb	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Freeland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-32.3 C (-26.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.5 C (-28.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Idalia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

491 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 48, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 2 March 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	48
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 2 March 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 476.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

405 broken records

Margins by which the 405 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 210.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1954

Top 20 records on 2 March 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1954	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1954	Lock Haven, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1954	Emporium 1 E, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1954	Pottstown, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1954	Huntingdon, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1954	Tadoussac, CA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1954	Cedar Run (River), US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1954	Warren, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1954	Hana 354, US	daily rain	235.2 mm (9.3 in)	185.7 mm (7.3 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1954	Olean, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1954	Gouldsboro, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1954	Hornepayne, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1954	Cadiz, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1954	Addison, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1954	Hawley 1 E, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1954	Renovo, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1954	Lansford, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1954	Chapleau 2, CA	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1954	Chapleau 2, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1954	New Castle 1 N, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	24 years	38 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

1802 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1954. 1954 had 491 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-02 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1814	1
1836	1
1845	1
1846	2
1848	1
1852	1
1854	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1866	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	1
1893	11
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	4
1900	12
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	10
1905	7
1906	22
1907	4
1908	16
1909	19
1910	11
1911	13
1912	57
1913	32
1914	36
1915	20
1916	65
1917	37
1918	22
1919	23
1920	85
1921	241
1922	73
1923	219
1924	50
1925	220
1926	85
1927	152
1928	75
1929	191
1930	133
1931	250
1932	371
1933	89
1934	364
1935	198
1936	441
1937	162
1938	415
1939	222
1940	522
1941	507
1942	261
1943	912
1944	249
1945	494
1946	290
1947	878
1948	744
1949	196
1950	441
1951	801
1952	794
1953	731
1954	491
1955	647
1956	510
1957	282
1958	247
1959	310
1960	1,650
1961	768
1962	1,155
1963	518
1964	679
1965	687
1966	583
1967	644
1968	629
1969	417
1970	887
1971	1,033
1972	1,713
1973	522
1974	1,474
1975	399
1976	1,903
1977	384
1978	1,272
1979	728
1980	2,905
1981	534
1982	924
1983	1,518
1984	566
1985	733
1986	1,075
1987	1,370
1988	833
1989	1,395
1990	826
1991	1,512
1992	1,852
1993	906
1994	1,540
1995	1,382
1996	541
1997	2,594
1998	687
1999	1,176
2000	1,093
2001	1,373
2002	1,466
2003	709
2004	1,064
2005	966
2006	1,017
2007	1,726
2008	889
2009	1,498
2010	859
2011	664
2012	933
2013	795
2014	1,545
2015	933
2016	652
2017	565
2018	816
2019	901
2020	538
2021	529
2022	1,017
2023	1,094
2024	886
2025	708
2026	1,163

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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	385
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1