Weather Records on 5 March 1981

665 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1981. Highest significance: Los Alamos, US.

Key Facts for 5 March 1981

On 5 March 1981, 665 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 119 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 653 daily.
Los Alamos set a daily record precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 5 March 1981.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

665 stations

665 station records on 5 March 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Phila Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warroora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Smith A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.8 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Randsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blue	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mize 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rostov-Na-Donu	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Los Banos	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton City Centre A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia Drexel Un	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lompoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pismo Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pattiway	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
D'Lo 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott Love Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lop Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ny Westerleigh Stat Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riverhead Rsch Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pattiway	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgehampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg Capital City AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Patchogue 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iqaluit A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coffee Springs 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

665 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 325, Heaviest daily snowfall 94, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 5 March 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	325
Heaviest daily snowfall	94
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 5 March 1981 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 653.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

571 broken records

Margins by which the 571 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1981

Top 20 records on 5 March 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1981	Los Alamos, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1981	Collins, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1981	Phila Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1981	Warroora, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1981	Corozal Substn, PR	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1981	Blountstown 2 SE, US	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1981	Fort Smith A, CA	daily snowfall	12.8 cm (5.0 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1981	Paisley, GB	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1981	Randsburg, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1981	Paulding, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1981	Fajardo, PR	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1981	Blue, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1981	Yalta, UA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	94 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1981	Indio Fire STN, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1981	Mize 3SW, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1981	Rostov-Na-Donu, RU	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1981	Los Banos, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1981	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1981	Cidra 1 E, PR	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	79 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1981	Stockville, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	41 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1981. 1981 had 665 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	513
50 to 100	34
100 to 150	18
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1