Weather Records on 2 March 1966

583 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1966. Highest significance: Red Lodge, US.

Key Facts for 2 March 1966

On 2 March 1966, 583 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
179 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 542 daily.
Red Lodge set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 2 March 1966.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 513 records.

Record Map

583 stations

583 station records on 2 March 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kanosh	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Taraz	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aul Turara Ryskulov	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laurier	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cabrobo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chayan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cardston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brady Aznoe	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valier	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kanosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kanosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wyola 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.4 C (-24.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

583 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 158, Heaviest daily snowfall 92, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 2 March 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	158
Heaviest daily snowfall	92
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 2 March 1966 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 40, daily 542.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

449 broken records

Margins by which the 449 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 260.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1966

Top 20 records on 2 March 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1966	Red Lodge, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1966	Kanosh, US	monthly snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1966	Red Lodge, US	monthly snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	69 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1966	Taraz, KZ	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1966	Basin, US	all-time snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1966	Tiruvangadi, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1966	Aul Turara Ryskulov, KZ	daily rain	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1966	Cascade 5 S, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1966	Colstrip, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1966	Tashkent, UZ	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1966	Oak City, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1966	Laurier, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1966	Cabrobo, BR	daily rain	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1966	Yerington, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1966	Fillmore, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1966	Chayan, KZ	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1966	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	63 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1966	Mtn Dell Dam, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1966	Santa Paula, US	monthly low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1966	Fairfield, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	36 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 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1966. 1966 had 583 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 50	410
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2