Weather Records on 4 March 1955

1,317 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1955. Highest significance: Dolphin@S Nose Obsy, IN.

Key Facts for 4 March 1955

On 4 March 1955, 1,317 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
476 were record highs and 505 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 166 monthly and 1,150 daily.
Dolphin@S Nose Obsy set a monthly record daily precipitation of 175.3 mm (6.9 in) on 4 March 1955.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

1,317 stations

1,317 station records on 4 March 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dolphin@S Nose Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Marree (Farina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bosbokrand (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	257.0 mm (10.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Thammampatty	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Steveston	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Northport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tirumangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kosmos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paramathi	India	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sendamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stockdill Rch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kaslo	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Adoni	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conconully	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Finniss Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boxwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmashogue,Lowlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkins	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Macaiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kaslo	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sankari	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,317 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 150, Lowest daily maximum 255, Highest daily minimum 326, Lowest daily minimum 250, Heaviest daily rainfall 295, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 4 March 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	150
Lowest daily maximum	255
Highest daily minimum	326
Lowest daily minimum	250
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 4 March 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 166, daily 1,150.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,109 broken records

Margins by which the 1,109 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 194.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 1955

Top 20 records on 4 March 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1955	Dolphin@S Nose Obsy, IN	monthly rain	175.3 mm (6.9 in)	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	49 years	69 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1955	Marree (Farina), AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1955	Bosbokrand (Pol), ZA	daily rain	257.0 mm (10.1 in)	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1955	Somerset Main Street, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1955	Roper River Police, AU	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1955	Everett, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1955	Ivanhoe (Wokabity), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1955	Van Wert 1 S, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1955	Thammampatty, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1955	Yercaud, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1955	Gavar, AM	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1955	Vernon Coldstream Ranch, CA	monthly low min	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1955	Sable Island, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1955	Fairmont, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1955	Steveston, CA	daily low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1955	Rossland City Yard, CA	monthly low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1955	Northport, US	monthly low min	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1955	Pemberton Meadows, CA	monthly low min	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1955	Tirumangalam, IN	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1955	Chambersburg 1 ESE, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	43 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

1801 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1955. 1955 had 1,317 records.

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

Records on 03-04 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1804	1
1810	1
1814	1
1816	1
1817	1
1837	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	5
1846	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	6
1881	5
1882	2
1884	1
1886	3
1888	4
1889	3
1890	7
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	11
1897	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	18
1904	8
1905	8
1906	14
1907	13
1908	15
1909	23
1910	7
1911	6
1912	46
1913	23
1914	27
1915	27
1916	37
1917	51
1918	79
1919	162
1920	76
1921	99
1922	59
1923	206
1924	139
1925	272
1926	144
1927	132
1928	100
1929	252
1930	148
1931	295
1932	341
1933	357
1934	402
1935	528
1936	171
1937	336
1938	628
1939	278
1940	242
1941	278
1942	266
1943	1,123
1944	564
1945	465
1946	679
1947	407
1948	698
1949	299
1950	638
1951	740
1952	747
1953	540
1954	528
1955	1,317
1956	504
1957	294
1958	414
1959	743
1960	2,289
1961	773
1962	536
1963	502
1964	677
1965	855
1966	1,050
1967	359
1968	1,100
1969	252
1970	332
1971	1,217
1972	632
1973	569
1974	1,456
1975	514
1976	1,696
1977	1,240
1978	1,905
1979	1,100
1980	742
1981	742
1982	758
1983	2,210
1984	671
1985	1,118
1986	1,113
1987	1,577
1988	924
1989	1,369
1990	738
1991	1,343
1992	1,283
1993	749
1994	959
1995	1,062
1996	727
1997	1,013
1998	1,720
1999	990
2000	878
2001	762
2002	2,015
2003	861
2004	1,092
2005	782
2006	711
2007	779
2008	919
2009	1,460
2010	517
2011	682
2012	755
2013	708
2014	1,792
2015	577
2016	748
2017	571
2018	645
2019	2,178
2020	873
2021	492
2022	516
2023	807
2024	1,328
2025	695
2026	747

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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 25	1,057
25 to 50	35
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1