Weather Records on 5 March 1975

429 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1975. Highest significance: Modderrivier (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 5 March 1975

On 5 March 1975, 429 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
164 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 420 daily.
Modderrivier (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 59.0 mm (2.3 in) on 5 March 1975.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

429 stations

429 station records on 5 March 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Modderrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Perdeberg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mineirolandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Khosis	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Danielskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Big Delta AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Postmasburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Drieputs	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Negra Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salgadinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vaalpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milner	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Desterro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kroonplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Smythe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Vrangelja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bouquet Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chipley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carlindie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beeldhouersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Klipfontein"Potfontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cacahoatan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tsabong	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Sobral	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beaverlodge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rooisloot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Progress	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
De Ridder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Cruzeta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

429 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 5 March 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 5 March 1975 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 420.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

356 broken records

Margins by which the 356 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1975

Top 20 records on 5 March 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1975	Modderrivier (Pol), ZA	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1975	Perdeberg (Sar), ZA	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1975	Sandberg, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1975	Mineirolandia, BR	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1975	Khosis, ZA	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1975	Danielskuil, ZA	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1975	Big Delta AP, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1975	Matjiesfontein (Sar), ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1975	Velikie Luki, RU	daily high max	10.1 C (50.2 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1975	Postmasburg, ZA	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1975	Drieputs, ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1975	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1975	Serra Negra Do Norte, BR	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1975	Salgadinho, BR	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1975	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1975	Vaalpan, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1975	Milner, ZA	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1975	Martinsdale 3 NNW, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1975	Balmoral Station, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1975	Desterro, BR	monthly rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	37 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1975. 1975 had 429 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	347
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1