Weather Records on 5 March 1971

888 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1971. Highest significance: Arrilalah Telegraph Off, AU.

Key Facts for 5 March 1971

On 5 March 1971, 888 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 476 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 147 monthly and 730 daily.
Arrilalah Telegraph Off set an all-time record daily precipitation of 245.1 mm (9.6 in) on 5 March 1971.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

888 stations

888 station records on 5 March 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arrilalah Telegraph Off	Australia	Record daily precipitation	245.1 mm (9.6 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Brighton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Devoncourt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record snow depth	193.0 cm (76.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Ryde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Colton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Noonbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cabanda Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	288.0 mm (11.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cork Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Diamantina Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gilliat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cravinhos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.4 C (16.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-27.3 C (-17.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tanbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low maximum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parishville 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.3 cm (14.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kamilaroi Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	219.7 mm (8.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-33.2 C (-27.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record snow depth	165.1 cm (65.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Kenny (Mount Cooper)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lands End Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Menier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.2 mm (5.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toolebuc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Fairfield 5 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

888 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 233, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 243, Heaviest daily rainfall 221, Heaviest daily snowfall 115, Deepest snow cover 49.

Records on 5 March 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	233
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	243
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	115
Deepest snow cover	49

Records on 5 March 1971 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 147, daily 730.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

763 broken records

Margins by which the 763 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1971

Top 20 records on 5 March 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1971	Arrilalah Telegraph Off, AU	all-time rain	245.1 mm (9.6 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	54 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 March 1971	Baldwinsville, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1971	Chasm Falls, US	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1971	Brighton Downs, AU	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1971	Devoncourt Station, AU	all-time rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1971	Buckingham Downs, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1971	Salisbury, US	all-time snow depth	193.0 cm (76.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1971	Mount Ryde, AU	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1971	Colton 2 N, US	monthly rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1971	Noonbah, AU	daily rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1971	Tupper Lake Sunmount, US	daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1971	Cabanda Station, AU	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1971	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	288.0 mm (11.3 in)	138.1 mm (5.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1971	Cork Station, AU	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1971	Skaneateles, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1971	Springvale, AU	all-time rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1971	Canton 4 SE, US	all-time snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	0 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1971	Sonnblick, AT	monthly low max	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1971	Fleming, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1971	Diamantina Lakes, AU	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	71 years	46 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1971. 1971 had 888 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	733
100 to 200	24
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	3