Weather Records on 2 March 1977

384 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1977. Highest significance: Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US.

Key Facts for 2 March 1977

On 2 March 1977, 384 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 54 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 364 daily.
Sioux Ctr 2 SE set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 2 March 1977.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 514 records.

Record Map

384 stations

384 station records on 2 March 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lissadell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Champagne (Naf)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.4 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Coolon Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Canyon Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tooraweenah (Denham St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Grange	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 2 28.7	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warmun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tootool (Bryntirion)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Bundabarina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hawarden	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mooga Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	171.3 mm (6.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iporanga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Akron Washington Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowenville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vaalkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne (Lorne Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Letaba Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.3 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux City AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eumungerie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riversul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mamogaleskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Texas Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cronulla South Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

384 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 210, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 2 March 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 2 March 1977 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 17, daily 364.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

333 broken records

Margins by which the 333 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1977

Top 20 records on 2 March 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1977	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1977	Le Mars, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1977	Roma Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	71 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1977	Warrumbungle (Cheddington), AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	83 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1977	Emmetsburg, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1977	Lissadell, AU	monthly rain	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1977	Valencia Estates, ZA	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1977	Champagne (Naf), ZA	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1977	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	daily rain	114.4 mm (4.5 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1977	Mount Coolon Hotel, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1977	Beaver Canyon Pwr House, US	monthly snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1977	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1977	Tooraweenah (Denham St), AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1977	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1977	Lyons, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1977	Sutton Grange, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1977	Kealakekua 2 28.7, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1977	Kendall Post Office, AU	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1977	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1977	Sheldon, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 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

1802 to 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1977. 1977 had 384 records.

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

Records on 03-02 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1814	1
1836	1
1845	1
1846	2
1848	1
1852	1
1854	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1866	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	1
1893	11
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	4
1900	12
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	10
1905	7
1906	22
1907	4
1908	16
1909	19
1910	11
1911	13
1912	57
1913	32
1914	36
1915	20
1916	65
1917	37
1918	22
1919	23
1920	85
1921	241
1922	73
1923	219
1924	50
1925	220
1926	85
1927	152
1928	75
1929	191
1930	133
1931	250
1932	371
1933	89
1934	364
1935	198
1936	441
1937	162
1938	415
1939	222
1940	522
1941	507
1942	261
1943	912
1944	249
1945	494
1946	290
1947	878
1948	744
1949	196
1950	441
1951	801
1952	794
1953	731
1954	491
1955	647
1956	510
1957	282
1958	247
1959	310
1960	1,650
1961	768
1962	1,155
1963	518
1964	679
1965	687
1966	583
1967	644
1968	629
1969	417
1970	887
1971	1,033
1972	1,713
1973	522
1974	1,474
1975	399
1976	1,903
1977	384
1978	1,272
1979	728
1980	2,905
1981	534
1982	924
1983	1,518
1984	566
1985	733
1986	1,075
1987	1,370
1988	833
1989	1,395
1990	826
1991	1,512
1992	1,852
1993	906
1994	1,540
1995	1,382
1996	541
1997	2,594
1998	687
1999	1,176
2000	1,093
2001	1,373
2002	1,466
2003	709
2004	1,064
2005	966
2006	1,017
2007	1,726
2008	889
2009	1,498
2010	859
2011	664
2012	933
2013	795
2014	1,545
2015	933
2016	652
2017	565
2018	816
2019	901
2020	538
2021	529
2022	1,017
2023	1,094
2024	886
2025	708
2026	1,163

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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	303
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1