Weather Records on 5 March 1968

1,029 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1968. Highest significance: Jansenville, ZA.

Key Facts for 5 March 1968

On 5 March 1968, 1,029 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
613 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,007 daily.
Jansenville set a daily record precipitation of 44.2 mm (1.7 in) on 5 March 1968.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

1,029 stations

1,029 station records on 5 March 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Melva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan de Los Llanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Arteaga	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston Airport Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coalcoman (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Hinds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hausstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Deddington (Marathon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Power House	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Navarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rusel-Irlmoos	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco de Los Romo (Sm	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hluhluwe Game Reserve	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santana Do Matos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tardun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gertruida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Devon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jaguaruana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Droogefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Iramuco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chapala	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Union	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sequim	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Curlewis (Wandobah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Riacho Fundo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sombrerete (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vrede-Mun	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pomeroy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,029 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 295, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 318, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 313, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 5 March 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	295
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	318
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	313
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 5 March 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 1,007.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

854 broken records

Margins by which the 854 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 480.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1968

Top 20 records on 5 March 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1968	Jansenville, ZA	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1968	Longford (Denton Close), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1968	Melva, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1968	San Juan de Los Llanos, MX	monthly rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1968	Arteaga, MX	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1968	Launceston Airport Comparison, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1968	Madrid, ZA	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1968	Coalcoman (Smn), MX	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1968	Lake Hinds, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1968	Hausstein, DE	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1968	Deddington (Marathon), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1968	Manilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1968	Acude Bonito, BR	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1968	Stillwater Power House, CA	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1968	Navarre, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1968	Avoca (Railway House), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1968	Galway, IE	daily high max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	100 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1968	Rusel-Irlmoos, DE	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1968	San Francisco de Los Romo (Sm, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1968	Hluhluwe Game Reserve, ZA	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	17 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

1794 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1968. 1968 had 1,029 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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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	851
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1