Weather Records on 1 March 1971

943 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1971. Highest significance: Ogdensburg 4 NE, US.

Key Facts for 1 March 1971

On 1 March 1971, 943 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 640 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 174 monthly and 769 daily.
Ogdensburg 4 NE set a monthly record snow depth of 96.5 cm (38.0 in) on 1 March 1971.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

943 stations

943 station records on 1 March 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lois River Dam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Conceicao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Whyalla (Broadview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver City Hall	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Carbon R Ent	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-36.0 C (-32.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kubanskaya Ustevaya	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beatty	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow (Pella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-28.2 C (-18.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goldfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paragonah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Allakaket	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mayfern	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dzaore	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zwartrandjes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kasilof 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record low minimum temperature	-42.3 C (-44.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Downieville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bonrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chemainus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

943 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 348, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 292, Heaviest daily rainfall 130, Heaviest daily snowfall 87, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 1 March 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	348
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	292
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	87
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 1 March 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 174, daily 769.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

757 broken records

Margins by which the 757 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1971

Top 20 records on 1 March 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1971	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	monthly snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	70 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1971	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	monthly rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1971	Lois River Dam, CA	daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1971	Conceicao, BR	daily rain	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1971	Moola Bulla, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1971	Whyalla (Broadview), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1971	Jokkmokk, SE	monthly low max	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1971	Corvallis State UNIV, US	monthly low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1971	Forest Grove, US	monthly low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	73 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1971	Circle Hot Springs, US	daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1971	Vancouver City Hall, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1971	Eureka, US	monthly low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1971	Aztec Ruins Nm, US	monthly low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1971	Greensboro, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1971	Wells, US	monthly low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1971	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1971	Deadwood, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1971	Rainier Carbon R Ent, US	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1971	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	monthly low min	-36.0 C (-32.8 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	71 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1971	Karesuando, SE	monthly low min	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	68 years	39 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1971. 1971 had 943 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 50	720
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1