Weather Records on 1 March 1968

966 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1968. Highest significance: Jarma, KZ.

Key Facts for 1 March 1968

On 1 March 1968, 966 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
416 were record highs and 249 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 936 daily.
Jarma set a monthly record daily precipitation of 28.4 mm (1.1 in) on 1 March 1968.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

966 stations

966 station records on 1 March 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jarma	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tekkali	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Easton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stockbridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barisaho	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	86.0 cm (33.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crowfels Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rutland	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Graman (Ulupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Menier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Miami Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Floyd 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amberd (Koshabulakh)	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ziryanovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose Do Belmonte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cacule	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record snow depth	74.0 cm (29.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riggins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

966 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 296, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 136, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 99, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 1 March 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	296
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	136
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	99
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 1 March 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 936.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

776 broken records

Margins by which the 776 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 550.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1968

Top 20 records on 1 March 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1968	Jarma, KZ	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1968	Belhaven 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1968	Tekkali, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1968	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1968	Puri, IN	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1968	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1968	Wytheville, US	monthly low min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1968	Easton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1968	Stockbridge, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1968	Bridgeville 1 NW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1968	Aberdeen, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	68 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1968	Camden on Gauley 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1968	Manfred Downs Station, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1968	Port Aux Basques, CA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1968	Lysebotn, NO	daily snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	67 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1968	Weldon, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	71 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1968	Barisaho, GE	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1968	Myklebust I Breim, NO	monthly snow depth	86.0 cm (33.9 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	61 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1968	Homestead Exp STN, US	monthly low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	53 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1968	Houlton, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	55 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1968. 1968 had 966 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 100	757
100 to 200	17
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1