Weather Records on 2 March 1955

647 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1955. Highest significance: Roorkee, IN.

Key Facts for 2 March 1955

On 2 March 1955, 647 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
203 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 624 daily.
Roorkee set a monthly record daily precipitation of 109.5 mm (4.3 in) on 2 March 1955.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

647 stations

647 station records on 2 March 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Roorkee	India	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Silverton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Griffith Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jullundar	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Copley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coward Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Regulator	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Finniss Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Souris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morgenrood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jagadhari	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dadupur	India	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Wertaloona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ludhiana	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tibri	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Birdsville Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Netley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leeton Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Una	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Souris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Samrala	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Rupert	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Naraingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nawanshahr	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	148.0 cm (58.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kangra	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Eyre (Mulka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Copley (Myrtle Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau Dwtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

647 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 222, Heaviest daily snowfall 68, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 2 March 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	222
Heaviest daily snowfall	68
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 2 March 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 624.

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 390.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1955

Top 20 records on 2 March 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1955	Roorkee, IN	monthly rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	50 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1955	Silverton Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1955	Anna Creek, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1955	Griffith Csiro, AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1955	Jullundar, IN	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1955	Copley, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1955	Coward Springs, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1955	Yanco Regulator, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1955	Finniss Springs, AU	all-time rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1955	Souris, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1955	Morgenrood, ZA	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1955	Jagadhari, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1955	Dadupur, IN	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1955	Ludhiana, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1955	Gammon Ranges (Wertaloona), AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1955	Ludhiana, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1955	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	monthly low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1955	Tibri, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1955	Birdsville Police Station, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1955	Emerson, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	55 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1955. 1955 had 647 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	483
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1