Weather Records on 1 March 1955

1,028 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1955. Highest significance: Coward Springs, AU.

Key Facts for 1 March 1955

On 1 March 1955, 1,028 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
528 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 1,001 daily.
Coward Springs set a daily record precipitation of 55.4 mm (2.2 in) on 1 March 1955.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

1,028 stations

1,028 station records on 1 March 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coward Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rimrock Tieton Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Anupgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Louth (Bloxham Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vieta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kenogami	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Birdsville Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Umberatana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ibiapina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Eddy	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alni	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Kachess	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milnes Landing	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mahone Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Landsdown	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fairview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chudleigh Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glengyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Causapscal	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ingwavuma (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Edmundston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beauceville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bumping Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,028 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 157, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 371, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 282, Heaviest daily snowfall 77, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 1 March 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	157
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	371
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	282
Heaviest daily snowfall	77
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 1 March 1955 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 25, daily 1,001.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

840 broken records

Margins by which the 840 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 1955

Top 20 records on 1 March 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1955	Coward Springs, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1955	Geneva Exp STN, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1955	Rimrock Tieton Dam, US	daily snowfall	32.3 cm (12.7 in)	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1955	Union, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1955	Anupgarh, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1955	Pierce Rs, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1955	Louth (Bloxham Street), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1955	Vieta, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1955	Kenogami, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1955	Masset Airport, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1955	Birdsville Police Station, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1955	Gammon Ranges (Umberatana), AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1955	Karnaprayag, IN	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1955	San Diego de la Union, MX	monthly high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1955	Kristianstad, SE	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	66 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1955	Bluffton Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1955	Ibiapina, BR	daily rain	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1955	Morden, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	66 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1955	Big Eddy, US	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1955	Alni, AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	35 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1955. 1955 had 1,028 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	799
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	3