Weather Records on 2 March 1961

768 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1961. Highest significance: Blackwood, AU.

Key Facts for 2 March 1961

On 2 March 1961, 768 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
355 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 753 daily.
Blackwood set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 2 March 1961.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

768 stations

768 station records on 2 March 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Stradbroke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Halflong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	171.1 mm (6.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Peedamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carlindie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Silvan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gisborne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Esmeralda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paynesville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Traralgon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Healesville (Mount St Leonard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sassafras Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coranderrk Badger Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murrungowar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kallista Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Labertouche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith (Darra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wandagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fernbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yinnar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schelm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
French Island (McLeod Prison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Towrong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

768 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 141, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 214, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 384, Heaviest daily snowfall 21.

Records on 2 March 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	141
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	214
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	384
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 March 1961 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 753.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

663 broken records

Margins by which the 663 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1961

Top 20 records on 2 March 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1961	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1961	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1961	Port Albert, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1961	Stradbroke West (Inglenook), AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1961	Stradbroke Post Office, AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1961	Seaspray (Burong), AU	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1961	Lindenow, AU	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1961	Yarram, AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1961	Trentham (Post Office), AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1961	Halflong Obsy, IN	daily rain	171.1 mm (6.7 in)	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1961	Blackwarry, AU	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1961	Peedamullah, AU	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1961	Mokpo, KR	monthly rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1961	Carlindie, AU	all-time rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1961	Madalya, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1961	Silvan, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1961	Gisborne, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1961	Myrniong, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1961	Beaconsfield Upper, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1961	Esmeralda Station, AU	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	24 years	49 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1961. 1961 had 768 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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Data for records on 1961-03-02: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	579
20 to 40	53
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1