Weather Records on 5 March 1992

1,488 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1992. Highest significance: Taralga (Wowagin), AU.

Key Facts for 5 March 1992

On 5 March 1992, 1,488 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
889 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 1,453 daily.
Taralga (Wowagin) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 180.0 mm (7.1 in) on 5 March 1992.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

1,488 stations

1,488 station records on 5 March 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Taralga (Wowagin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Houston N Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	238.3 mm (9.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sugartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Clodine	United States	Record daily precipitation	238.5 mm (9.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
New Caney 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Indep Hts	United States	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Houston San Jacinto da	United States	Record daily precipitation	204.2 mm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hershey 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Daysdale (Dennison Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Creek Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sonoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madras/Minambakkam	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rand Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tomball	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Binda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Houston-Westbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McComb AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bigga (Wyoming)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Neville (Carcoar St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oaknolia 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Oceanside	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Hts	United States	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby (Carovale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cruzeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Piquerobi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Katy City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manassa	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,488 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 302, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 587, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 498, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 5 March 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	302
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	587
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	498
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 5 March 1992 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 30, daily 1,453.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,227 broken records

Margins by which the 1,227 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1992

Top 20 records on 5 March 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1992	Taralga (Wowagin), AU	all-time rain	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1992	Liberty, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	55 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1992	Houston N Houston, US	all-time rain	238.3 mm (9.4 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1992	Isabela Substn, PR	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1992	Sugartown, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	94 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1992	Clodine, US	monthly rain	238.5 mm (9.4 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	19 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1992	New Caney 2 E, US	monthly rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1992	Richmond, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1992	San Francisco Dwtn, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1992	Houston Indep Hts, US	daily rain	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1992	Warren 2 S, US	monthly rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	11 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1992	Houston San Jacinto da, US	monthly rain	204.2 mm (8.0 in)	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	1 year	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1992	Oberlin Fire Twr, US	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1992	Hershey 5 SSE, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1992	Buffalo Gap, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1992	Daysdale (Dennison Street), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1992	Borinquen AP, PR	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1992	Blanca 4 NW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1992	Cherry Creek Dam, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1992	Sonoma, US	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	87 years	46 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1992. 1992 had 1,488 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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Data for records on 1992-03-05: 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	1,199
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1