Weather Records on 1 March 1966

575 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1966. Highest significance: Port Hastings, CA.

Key Facts for 1 March 1966

On 1 March 1966, 575 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
129 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 537 daily.
Port Hastings set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 1 March 1966.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

575 stations

575 station records on 1 March 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Garrigala	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Airi (Rochedo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Florence 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Amos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Naxcivan	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coruripe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	107.0 cm (42.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oakville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Musquash	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport River	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Campestre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria Bay 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Normandin Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Normandin Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zhigansk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-41.4 C (-42.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vanavara	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

575 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 265, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 1 March 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 1 March 1966 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 38, daily 537.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

503 broken records

Margins by which the 503 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 210.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1966

Top 20 records on 1 March 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1966	Port Hastings, CA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1966	Conway, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1966	Fort McPherson, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1966	Garrigala, TM	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1966	La Malbaie, CA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1966	Vik I Sogn III, NO	monthly snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1966	Stillmore, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1966	Lowell, US	daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1966	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	65 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1966	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1966	Clinton 2 S, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1966	Mount Forest, CA	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1966	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1966	Kent City 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1966	Airi (Rochedo), BR	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1966	Florence 8 NE, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1966	N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1966	Kiev, UA	daily high max	10.2 C (50.4 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	78 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1966	Greenville, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1966	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	83 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1966. 1966 had 575 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 50	474
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1