Weather Records on 1 March 1959

463 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1959. Highest significance: Bajramaly, TM.

Key Facts for 1 March 1959

On 1 March 1959, 463 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
237 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 457 daily.
Bajramaly set a daily record precipitation of 34.9 mm (1.4 in) on 1 March 1959.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

463 stations

463 station records on 1 March 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Manavi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenferrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wandi Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karloning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bencubbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 2	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Landscape Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bally Bally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brookton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moningarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koorda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Culpaulin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mulji Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaragan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Henley Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wallamabin Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Talbot House	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hillcroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
The Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nevertire (Beverley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Girilambone (Ampol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Udayalipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cintalapa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

463 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 142, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 1 March 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	142
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 1 March 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 457.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

394 broken records

Margins by which the 394 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1959

Top 20 records on 1 March 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1959	Bajramaly, TM	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1959	Burnett 3 S, US	monthly snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	2 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1959	Manavi, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1959	Maclear (Mag), ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1959	Kristianstad, SE	daily high max	16.0 C (60.8 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	71 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1959	Glenferrie, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1959	Wandi Farm, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1959	Karloning, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1959	Bencubbin, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1959	Midland 2, US	monthly snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1959	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high max	18.2 C (64.8 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	80 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1959	Landscape Hill, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1959	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	80 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1959	Putbus, DE	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1959	Bally Bally, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1959	Brookton, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1959	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1959	Moningarin, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1959	Cassilis (Dalkeith), AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1959	Collegeville, CA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1959. 1959 had 463 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 20	360
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1