Weather Records on 5 March 1967

343 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1967. Highest significance: Penrith Ladbury Avenue, AU.

Key Facts for 5 March 1967

On 5 March 1967, 343 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 338 daily.
Penrith Ladbury Avenue set a daily record precipitation of 108.2 mm (4.3 in) on 5 March 1967.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

343 stations

343 station records on 5 March 1967 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1967: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Penrith Ladbury Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Daniels Hope	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saaifontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rayack	Lebanon	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lochnagar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Natal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsburgh WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hanksville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Annanvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Doylestown	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boesmansberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
South Egremont	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
George School	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Penasco Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chatsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Touros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sauda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

343 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1967 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 5 March 1967 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 5 March 1967 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 338.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

253 broken records

Margins by which the 253 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1967

Top 20 records on 5 March 1967 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1967	Penrith Ladbury Avenue, AU	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1967	Daniels Hope, ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1967	Alexandria, AU	daily rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1967	Derry 4 SW, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1967	Chaplin, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1967	Kamiesberg, ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1967	Sterling, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1967	Saaifontein, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1967	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high min	1.0 C (33.8 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1967	Rayack, LB	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1967	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	91 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1967	Lochnagar, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1967	Glenlands, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1967	Uniontown 1 NE, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1967	Hughenden Station, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1967	Natal, BR	daily rain	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1967	Richmond Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1967	Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	64 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1967	Fort McPherson, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	58 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1967	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high max	4.5 C (40.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	85 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

1794 to 1967

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1967. 1967 had 343 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-05 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1801	1
1810	1
1821	2
1845	3
1846	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	5
1861	1
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	4
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1880	5
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	4
1889	3
1890	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	5
1900	2
1901	11
1902	15
1903	16
1904	3
1905	6
1906	15
1907	17
1908	12
1909	19
1910	34
1911	14
1912	31
1913	47
1914	27
1915	32
1916	14
1917	79
1918	82
1919	226
1920	102
1921	184
1922	42
1923	65
1924	159
1925	198
1926	240
1927	182
1928	68
1929	247
1930	118
1931	268
1932	320
1933	352
1934	347
1935	503
1936	125
1937	417
1938	350
1939	628
1940	150
1941	245
1942	287
1943	692
1944	485
1945	743
1946	706
1947	428
1948	946
1949	378
1950	534
1951	644
1952	347
1953	184
1954	468
1955	1,402
1956	658
1957	479
1958	365
1959	749
1960	2,228
1961	834
1962	491
1963	630
1964	852
1965	715
1966	539
1967	343
1968	1,029
1969	338
1970	317
1971	888
1972	810
1973	378
1974	912
1975	429
1976	1,479
1977	812
1978	1,689
1979	889
1980	418
1981	665
1982	525
1983	2,283
1984	648
1985	637
1986	754
1987	1,928
1988	623
1989	1,673
1990	836
1991	1,246
1992	1,488
1993	813
1994	796
1995	1,489
1996	856
1997	1,026
1998	1,016
1999	644
2000	1,127
2001	755
2002	1,373
2003	1,061
2004	1,558
2005	1,129
2006	624
2007	728
2008	913
2009	1,159
2010	729
2011	696
2012	575
2013	694
2014	1,006
2015	1,551
2016	875
2017	847
2018	652
2019	1,809
2020	1,274
2021	373
2022	635
2023	717
2024	979
2025	1,071
2026	992

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Data for records on 1967-03-05: 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	211
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2