Weather Records on 5 March 1980

418 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1980. Highest significance: Manhattan, US.

Key Facts for 5 March 1980

On 5 March 1980, 418 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 407 daily.
Manhattan set a daily record snowfall of 16.5 cm (6.5 in) on 5 March 1980.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

418 stations

418 station records on 5 March 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manhattan	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Slavjansk-Na-Kubani	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City Cgas	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hidrolandia (Batoque)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gorjacij Kljuc	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walla Walla WSO City	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Westland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Majkop	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Olivedos (Sao Francisco)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colusa 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodfords	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Denton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuapse	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kuljab	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Feitoria (Sao Felix)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cody	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brooks Ahrc	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.0 C (-27.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cherry Point MCAS	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Meade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morehead City 2 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth 5 E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Bern - ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blackleaf	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trident	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
McGaffey 5 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wilson 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Casper-Natrona Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Islet Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Parafuso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paso de la Yesca	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Panuco (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trident	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Minatitlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

418 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 163, Heaviest daily snowfall 67, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 5 March 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	67
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 5 March 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 407.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

334 broken records

Margins by which the 334 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1980

Top 20 records on 5 March 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1980	Manhattan, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1980	Slavjansk-Na-Kubani, RU	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1980	Elizabeth City Cgas, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1980	Hidrolandia (Batoque), BR	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1980	Belhaven 1 SE, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1980	Gorjacij Kljuc, RU	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1980	Walla Walla WSO City, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1980	Westland, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1980	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1980	Rapelje, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1980	Williamston 1 E, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1980	Rushville, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	63 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1980	Majkop, RU	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1980	Olivedos (Sao Francisco), BR	daily rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1980	Colusa 2 SSW, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1980	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1980	Woodfords, US	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	69 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1980	Denton, US	daily low min	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	68 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1980	Tuapse, RU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
5 March 1980	Kuljab, TJ	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1980. 1980 had 418 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	289
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1