Weather Records on 7 March 1986

918 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 March 1986. Highest significance: Warrenton (Mun), ZA.

Key Facts for 7 March 1986

On 7 March 1986, 918 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
587 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 881 daily.
Warrenton (Mun) set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 7 March 1986.
Across 171 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

918 stations

918 station records on 7 March 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 March 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warrenton (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Radolfzell-Markelfingen	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Valley Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	57.2 cm (22.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
So Entrance Yosemite Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.9 C (107.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Canyon Nyack AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gold Run 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Livermore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sierra City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinfelden	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tehachapi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jersey City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Park City G.C.	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Centro 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grenora	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

918 records

Records set or tied on 7 March 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 177, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 410, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 7 March 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	177
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	410
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 7 March 1986 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 37, daily 881.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

706 broken records

Margins by which the 706 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 267.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 March 1986

Top 20 records on 7 March 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 March 1986	Warrenton (Mun), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1986	Elgin, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1986	Radolfzell-Markelfingen, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1986	Cherry Valley Dam, US	monthly rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1986	Hooker 12 NNW, US	daily snowfall	57.2 cm (22.5 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1986	Hawthorne AP, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1986	Zamboanga, PH	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1986	So Entrance Yosemite Np, US	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1986	Ionia 2SSW, US	monthly low max	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1986	McKenzie Rvr Rs, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1986	Valley Head, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1986	Arcade, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1986	Valley Falls, US	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1986	Berkeley, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1986	Orleans, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1986	Escanaba, US	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1986	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily high max	41.9 C (107.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1986	Riggins, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	87 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1986	Saint Maries, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	87 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1986	Saint Ignatius, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	87 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

1796 to 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1986. 1986 had 918 records.

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

Records on 03-07 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	1
1808	1
1813	1
1818	1
1822	1
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1840	1
1845	2
1849	2
1850	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	3
1865	1
1868	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	5
1895	4
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	5
1900	2
1901	6
1902	2
1903	4
1904	16
1905	5
1906	27
1907	7
1908	13
1909	57
1910	95
1911	26
1912	16
1913	101
1914	20
1915	22
1916	82
1917	54
1918	28
1919	39
1920	273
1921	86
1922	77
1923	91
1924	86
1925	273
1926	175
1927	155
1928	69
1929	103
1930	161
1931	384
1932	737
1933	152
1934	302
1935	274
1936	122
1937	258
1938	72
1939	255
1940	273
1941	333
1942	398
1943	1,024
1944	508
1945	318
1946	643
1947	448
1948	335
1949	452
1950	558
1951	1,098
1952	277
1953	351
1954	330
1955	462
1956	1,169
1957	428
1958	947
1959	238
1960	1,388
1961	614
1962	608
1963	363
1964	837
1965	300
1966	367
1967	998
1968	1,085
1969	650
1970	690
1971	664
1972	949
1973	1,258
1974	1,771
1975	560
1976	355
1977	674
1978	959
1979	837
1980	356
1981	883
1982	727
1983	1,646
1984	669
1985	549
1986	918
1987	2,048
1988	796
1989	2,215
1990	1,399
1991	859
1992	1,063
1993	563
1994	700
1995	2,011
1996	1,912
1997	716
1998	1,535
1999	960
2000	1,880
2001	766
2002	1,201
2003	886
2004	827
2005	1,043
2006	833
2007	1,031
2008	1,204
2009	1,015
2010	1,103
2011	808
2012	743
2013	655
2014	788
2015	1,090
2016	961
2017	773
2018	377
2019	1,245
2020	639
2021	270
2022	1,388
2023	1,130
2024	414
2025	1,046
2026	1,456

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Data for records on 1986-03-07: 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	690
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2