Weather Records on 1 March 1965

696 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1965. Highest significance: Atlantic 1 NE, US.

Key Facts for 1 March 1965

On 1 March 1965, 696 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
259 were record highs and 60 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 675 daily.
Atlantic 1 NE set a daily record precipitation of 34.3 mm (1.4 in) on 1 March 1965.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 521 records.

Record Map

696 stations

696 station records on 1 March 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Frankfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsmouth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Orange	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Montelimar	France	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record snow depth	113.0 cm (44.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Allison	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.8 C (-16.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Akron	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Daly River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sugartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

696 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 190, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 295, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 1 March 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	190
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	295
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 1 March 1965 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 675.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

602 broken records

Margins by which the 602 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1965

Top 20 records on 1 March 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1965	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1965	Little Falls 2NNE, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1965	Sheldon, US	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1965	Frankfort, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1965	Wamego 4 W, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1965	Rochester Intl AP, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1965	Yakutat AP, US	monthly rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1965	Glenwood 3SW, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1965	Manhattan, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1965	Syracuse, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1965	Faribault, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1965	Mayaguez City, PR	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1965	Sibley, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1965	Geneve Observatoire, CH	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1965	Rayne 6 N, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1965	Auburn 5 ESE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1965	Sanborn, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1965	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1965	Weeping Water, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1965	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	50 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1965. 1965 had 696 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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Data for records on 1965-03-01: 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 50	561
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2