Weather Records on 2 March 1991

1,512 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1991. Highest significance: Ashland, US.

Key Facts for 2 March 1991

On 2 March 1991, 1,512 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
765 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 1,490 daily.
Ashland set a daily record precipitation of 35.3 mm (1.4 in) on 2 March 1991.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

1,512 stations

1,512 station records on 2 March 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Lumber City	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
White Signal	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton L&D #13	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Peotone	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Narandiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pararangaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	123.1 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Niceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	197.1 mm (7.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Headland	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chipley	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Balsamo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nahunta 6NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Preston	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Vista Bonita	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Butler	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Illinois City Dam 16	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bellevue L/D 12	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Araraquara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blanchardville #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Keithsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boyne Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,512 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 362, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 403, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 651, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 2 March 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	362
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	403
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	651
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 2 March 1991 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 1,490.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,314 broken records

Margins by which the 1,314 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1991

Top 20 records on 2 March 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1991	Ashland, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1991	Lumber City, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 March 1991	Detour Village, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1991	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1991	Wapello, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1991	White Signal, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1991	Fulton L&D #13, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1991	Peotone, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1991	Americus, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1991	Camilla 3SE, US	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	25 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1991	Dodgeville Wwtp, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1991	Narandiba, BR	daily rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	108.8 mm (4.3 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1991	Blakely, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1991	Pararangaba, BR	monthly rain	123.1 mm (4.8 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1991	Rico, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1991	Perry, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1991	Dublin, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	97 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1991	Morrison, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1991	Niceville, US	daily rain	197.1 mm (7.8 in)	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1991	Corning, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	53 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1991. 1991 had 1,512 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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Data for records on 1991-03-02: 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	1,276
50 to 100	33
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1