Weather Records on 5 March 1974

912 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1974. Highest significance: Laborare, ZA.

Key Facts for 5 March 1974

On 5 March 1974, 912 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
689 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 900 daily.
Laborare set an all-time record daily precipitation of 137.0 mm (5.4 in) on 5 March 1974.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

912 stations

912 station records on 5 March 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laborare	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Auburn 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gadgarra Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	261.0 mm (10.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose de Mipibu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cardston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
N'Dabakazi (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pemberton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Adams	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Framingham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pontiac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arcade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forsyth 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

912 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 314, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 375, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 172, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 5 March 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	314
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	375
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 5 March 1974 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 900.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

722 broken records

Margins by which the 722 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 236.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1974

Top 20 records on 5 March 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1974	Laborare, ZA	all-time rain	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	73 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1974	Auburn 2 SSE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1974	Howell Wwtp, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1974	Wauseon Wtp, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	74 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1974	Gadgarra Forest Reserve, AU	daily rain	261.0 mm (10.3 in)	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1974	Middletown 4 W, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	93 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1974	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1974	Newcastle Waters, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1974	Baddeck, CA	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	95 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1974	Williamston 3NE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1974	Storrs, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	79 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1974	Sao Jose de Mipibu, BR	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1974	Port Hastings, CA	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	87 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1974	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	79 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1974	Franklin 2 NE, US	monthly high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	66 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1974	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	93 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1974	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	93 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1974	Cardston, CA	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1974	N'Dabakazi (Sar), ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1974	Owings Ferry Landing, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	55 years	38 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1974. 1974 had 912 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 50	710
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1