Weather Records on 1 March 1979

507 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1979. Highest significance: Badplaas (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 1 March 1979

On 1 March 1979, 507 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 86 monthly and 417 daily.
Badplaas (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 100.0 mm (3.9 in) on 1 March 1979.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 522 records.

Record Map

507 stations

507 station records on 1 March 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Badplaas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Aurora Water	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Channahon Dresden Isl Dam	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzroy Crossing Comp.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hannover	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cuxhaven	Germany	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Neumunster	Germany	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Napier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Koster (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles Lock/Dam	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morris River	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gogo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nienburg	Germany	Record snow depth	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wolmada	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Washburn	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mochudi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dexter	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stoughton Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

507 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 142, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 208.

Records on 1 March 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	208

Records on 1 March 1979 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 86, daily 417.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

417 broken records

Margins by which the 417 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1979

Top 20 records on 1 March 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1979	Badplaas (Pol), ZA	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1979	Yellowstone Park Mammoth, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1979	Aurora Water, US	monthly snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	18 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1979	Ottawa 4SW, US	monthly snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	78 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1979	Rosewood, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1979	Channahon Dresden Isl Dam, US	monthly snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1979	Morrison, US	monthly snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1979	Melstone, US	monthly snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1979	Fitzroy Crossing Comp., AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1979	Marengo, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1979	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	monthly snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	87 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1979	Iowa Hill, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1979	Premer Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1979	Hannover, DE	monthly snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1979	Rotenburg (Wumme), DE	monthly snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1979	Basin, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1979	Cuxhaven, DE	monthly snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1979	Neumunster, DE	monthly snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1979	Mc Intosh 6 SE, US	monthly snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1979	Napier Downs, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	62 years	49 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

1808 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1979. 1979 had 507 records.

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

Records on 03-01 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1814	1
1817	1
1827	1
1836	2
1844	1
1846	4
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	3
1872	1
1875	4
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	6
1886	10
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	8
1899	1
1900	7
1901	1
1902	14
1903	11
1904	13
1905	4
1906	30
1907	5
1908	14
1909	19
1910	14
1911	20
1912	64
1913	26
1914	23
1915	21
1916	34
1917	15
1918	16
1919	57
1920	98
1921	411
1922	139
1923	127
1924	44
1925	100
1926	86
1927	203
1928	61
1929	181
1930	90
1931	140
1932	462
1933	94
1934	401
1935	167
1936	232
1937	220
1938	308
1939	565
1940	513
1941	644
1942	391
1943	256
1944	155
1945	178
1946	358
1947	933
1948	893
1949	250
1950	249
1951	564
1952	564
1953	615
1954	893
1955	1,028
1956	523
1957	293
1958	459
1959	463
1960	1,530
1961	548
1962	2,067
1963	532
1964	563
1965	696
1966	575
1967	731
1968	966
1969	439
1970	725
1971	943
1972	1,524
1973	613
1974	954
1975	411
1976	1,612
1977	317
1978	1,065
1979	507
1980	2,040
1981	550
1982	918
1983	1,048
1984	720
1985	676
1986	1,317
1987	2,042
1988	722
1989	924
1990	1,000
1991	926
1992	1,827
1993	1,189
1994	1,339
1995	1,214
1996	641
1997	1,924
1998	957
1999	1,150
2000	1,211
2001	1,081
2002	1,012
2003	756
2004	1,363
2005	1,294
2006	1,376
2007	1,418
2008	887
2009	1,030
2010	890
2011	868
2012	1,776
2013	782
2014	1,149
2015	1,279
2016	622
2017	1,212
2018	1,197
2019	747
2020	494
2021	824
2022	1,096
2023	1,232
2024	642
2025	841
2026	1,153

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Data for records on 1979-03-01: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	265
50 to 100	72
100 to 150	33
150 to 200	23
200 to 250	14
250 to 300	7
300 to 350	3