Weather Records on 2 March 1993

906 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 1993. Highest significance: Ingwavuma (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 2 March 1993

On 2 March 1993, 906 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
214 were record highs and 226 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 841 daily.
Ingwavuma (Tnk) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 210.0 mm (8.3 in) on 2 March 1993.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

906 stations

906 station records on 2 March 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ingwavuma (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	210.0 mm (8.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Caney 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canaday Steam Plt	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio Lopez Rayon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barnes STN	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Houston San Jacinto da	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Francisco Castellanos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chilly Barton Flat	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guaxupe Aneel/Cesp	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wapato	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City Perry Creek	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Hts	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bickleton	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kennewick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Double Four Rch	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ajaccio	France	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haswell	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huelva	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ville Platte	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Unity	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baytown	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emory	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houston N Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Deer Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Houston-Westbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thompsons 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsonville	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orange	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vaalbank	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boca	United States	Record snow depth	129.5 cm (51.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

906 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 120, Highest daily minimum 105, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 162.

Records on 2 March 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	120
Highest daily minimum	105
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	162

Records on 2 March 1993 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 58, daily 841.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

721 broken records

Margins by which the 721 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 1993

Top 20 records on 2 March 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 1993	Ingwavuma (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	210.0 mm (8.3 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1993	Liberty, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1993	Roodepoort, ZA	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	75 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1993	Richmond, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1993	Keams Canyon, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	87 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1993	Kaycee, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1993	Ft Bidwell, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1993	New Caney 2 E, US	daily rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1993	Sugar Land, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1993	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1993	Ruby Lake Nwr, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1993	Canaday Steam Plt, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1993	Worland, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1993	Ignacio Lopez Rayon, MX	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1993	Brandon, US	all-time snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1993	Barnes STN, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1993	Vale, US	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1993	Houston San Jacinto da, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1993	Newcastle, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 1993	Francisco Castellanos, MX	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	6 years	43 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1993. 1993 had 906 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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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 100	666
100 to 200	39
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	6
400 to 500	1