Weather Records on 5 March 1970

317 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1970. Highest significance: Potsdam, DE.

Key Facts for 5 March 1970

On 5 March 1970, 317 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 308 daily.
Potsdam set a daily record snow depth of 51.0 cm (20.1 in) on 5 March 1970.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

317 stations

317 station records on 5 March 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Franshammar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	203.0 cm (79.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jactial	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kothapeta	India	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kanker	India	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iluppur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Squirrel Inn 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paskenta Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record snow depth	142.0 cm (55.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Altadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Gabriel Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barreiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oxnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Idria	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Monica Pier	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Crescenta Fc251 C	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Clemente Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Laverton Salines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perungalur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sagar Island	India	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
San Gabriel Canyon Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers Ed Ph 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Burbank Valley Pump Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dundee Agric Res Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Big Tujunga Dam Fc46	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Ni Fc102C	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chandur Railway	India	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malmo_2	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burukan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfsburg (Sudwest)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

317 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 5 March 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 5 March 1970 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 308.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

280 broken records

Margins by which the 280 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 580.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1970

Top 20 records on 5 March 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1970	Potsdam, DE	daily snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1970	Dresden Wahnsdorf, DE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1970	Franshammar, SE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1970	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	203.0 cm (79.9 in)	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	71 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1970	Jactial, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1970	San Luis Obispo Poly, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1970	Kothapeta, IN	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1970	Cambridge, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	73 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1970	Minden, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	61 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1970	Kanker, IN	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1970	Iluppur, IN	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1970	Squirrel Inn 2, US	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1970	Escondido, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	63 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1970	Paskenta Rs, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1970	Minden, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1970	Granite Reef Dam, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	75 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1970	Fort McPherson, CA	daily low max	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	70 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1970	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	all-time snow depth	142.0 cm (55.9 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1970	Altadena, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1970	San Gabriel Fire Dept, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)

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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1970. 1970 had 317 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	274
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1