Weather Records on 2 March 1965

687 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1965. Highest significance: Park Rapids Muni AP, US.

Key Facts for 2 March 1965

On 2 March 1965, 687 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
149 were record highs and 212 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 649 daily.
Park Rapids Muni AP set a daily record snowfall of 21.6 cm (8.5 in) on 2 March 1965.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

687 stations

687 station records on 2 March 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wauchula	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Apalachicola AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Meadowlands 9 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Van Meter	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aspen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

687 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 156, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 244, Heaviest daily snowfall 65, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 2 March 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	156
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	65
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 2 March 1965 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 37, daily 649.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

572 broken records

Margins by which the 572 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1965

Top 20 records on 2 March 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1965	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1965	Madison, US	daily rain	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1965	Grand Meadow, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1965	Wauchula, US	monthly rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1965	Avon Park 2 W, US	monthly rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1965	Ashland #2, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1965	Carrabelle 1 NNW, US	daily rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1965	Apalachicola AP, US	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1965	Meadowlands 9 S, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1965	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1965	Blountstown 2 SE, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1965	Hampton, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1965	Long Prairie, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1965	Milaca, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1965	Lubeck-Werft, DE	all-time snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1965	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1965	Boras, SE	daily low min	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1965	Quincy Exp STN, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1965	Stevens Pt, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1965	Belle Plaine, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	40 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1965. 1965 had 687 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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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	510
25 to 50	22
50 to 75	19
75 to 100	9
100 to 125	7
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	2