Weather Records on 4 March 1960

2,289 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1960. Highest significance: Forest, CA.

Key Facts for 4 March 1960

On 4 March 1960, 2,289 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 1,738 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 284 monthly and 1,991 daily.
Forest set an all-time record daily snowfall of 73.7 cm (29.0 in) on 4 March 1960.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 4 March 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Forest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Birch Tree	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pianco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paripiranga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carmel	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jeremoabo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scranton	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boogardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palghat	India	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvadanai	India	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Niagara Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Darby	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Grove 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,289 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 1,103, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 635, Heaviest daily rainfall 136, Heaviest daily snowfall 141, Deepest snow cover 234.

Records on 4 March 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	1,103
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	635
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	141
Deepest snow cover	234

Records on 4 March 1960 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 284, daily 1,991.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,944 broken records

Margins by which the 1,944 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 1960

Top 20 records on 4 March 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1960	Forest, CA	all-time snowfall	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1960	Sonnblick, AT	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1960	Birch Tree, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1960	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1960	White Sulphur Springs, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1960	Collegeville St Joe AP, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1960	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1960	Carbondale Sewage Plt, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1960	Effingham 3SW, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1960	Independence, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1960	Lockport 2SE, US	all-time snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1960	Vincennes 4 E, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1960	Belvidere, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1960	Gouldsboro, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1960	Columbia 2SSE, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1960	Mundo Novo, BR	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1960	Minonk, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1960	Forest, CA	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1960	New Burnside, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1960	Worcester, US	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	61 years	52 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1960. 1960 had 2,289 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 4 March 1960
Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,837
100 to 200	84
200 to 300	18
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	1