Weather Records on 4 March 1971

1,217 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1971. Highest significance: Old Forge, US.

Key Facts for 4 March 1971

On 4 March 1971, 1,217 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 492 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 147 monthly and 1,063 daily.
Old Forge set a monthly record daily precipitation of 81.0 mm (3.2 in) on 4 March 1971.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

1,217 stations

1,217 station records on 4 March 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Old Forge	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Chazy	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily snowfall	60.5 cm (23.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Florence 8 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	47.8 cm (18.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	37.8 cm (14.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Parishville 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Galeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glenormiston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Rose du Degelis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Rose du Degelis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brandonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.5 cm (17.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lubny	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Batavia	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dansville	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Senecaville Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Colton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ceylon (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Les Cedres	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,217 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 280, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 212, Heaviest daily rainfall 374, Heaviest daily snowfall 287, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 4 March 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	280
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	212
Heaviest daily rainfall	374
Heaviest daily snowfall	287
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 4 March 1971 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 147, daily 1,063.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,089 broken records

Margins by which the 1,089 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 1971

Top 20 records on 4 March 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1971	Old Forge, US	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	57 years	73 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1971	Plattsburgh AFB, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1971	Chazy, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1971	Oswego, US	monthly rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1971	Salisbury, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1971	Lancaster, US	monthly rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1971	Salisbury, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1971	Skaneateles, US	all-time snowfall	60.5 cm (23.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	5 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1971	Tupper Lake Sunmount, US	daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	61 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1971	Florence 8 NE, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1971	Oswego, US	monthly snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1971	Stillwater Rsvr, US	monthly snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1971	Stradbroke Station, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1971	La Pocatiere Cda, CA	daily snowfall	47.8 cm (18.8 in)	32.6 cm (12.8 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1971	Cooperstown, US	daily snowfall	37.8 cm (14.9 in)	18.7 cm (7.4 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1971	Wanakena Rngr School, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1971	Julesburg, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1971	Cortland, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1971	Parishville 1 WNW, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1971	Galeton, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	26 years	52 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

1801 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1971. 1971 had 1,217 records.

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

Records on 03-04 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1804	1
1810	1
1814	1
1816	1
1817	1
1837	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	5
1846	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	6
1881	5
1882	2
1884	1
1886	3
1888	4
1889	3
1890	7
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	11
1897	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	18
1904	8
1905	8
1906	14
1907	13
1908	15
1909	23
1910	7
1911	6
1912	46
1913	23
1914	27
1915	27
1916	37
1917	51
1918	79
1919	162
1920	76
1921	99
1922	59
1923	206
1924	139
1925	272
1926	144
1927	132
1928	100
1929	252
1930	148
1931	295
1932	341
1933	357
1934	402
1935	528
1936	171
1937	336
1938	628
1939	278
1940	242
1941	278
1942	266
1943	1,123
1944	564
1945	465
1946	679
1947	407
1948	698
1949	299
1950	638
1951	740
1952	747
1953	540
1954	528
1955	1,317
1956	504
1957	294
1958	414
1959	743
1960	2,289
1961	773
1962	536
1963	502
1964	677
1965	855
1966	1,050
1967	359
1968	1,100
1969	252
1970	332
1971	1,217
1972	632
1973	569
1974	1,456
1975	514
1976	1,696
1977	1,240
1978	1,905
1979	1,100
1980	742
1981	742
1982	758
1983	2,210
1984	671
1985	1,118
1986	1,113
1987	1,577
1988	924
1989	1,369
1990	738
1991	1,343
1992	1,283
1993	749
1994	959
1995	1,062
1996	727
1997	1,013
1998	1,720
1999	990
2000	878
2001	762
2002	2,015
2003	861
2004	1,092
2005	782
2006	711
2007	779
2008	919
2009	1,460
2010	517
2011	682
2012	755
2013	708
2014	1,792
2015	577
2016	748
2017	571
2018	645
2019	2,178
2020	873
2021	492
2022	516
2023	807
2024	1,328
2025	695
2026	747

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 4 March 1971
Margin	Records
0 to 100	985
100 to 200	85
200 to 300	12
300 to 400	6
400 to 500	1