Weather Records on 4 March 1993

749 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1993. Highest significance: Beowawe, US.

Key Facts for 4 March 1993

On 4 March 1993, 749 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 181 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 705 daily.
Beowawe set a daily record snow depth of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 4 March 1993.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

749 stations

749 station records on 4 March 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beowawe	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Medina	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Walkerton 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Registro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
John H Kerr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sisters	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mathias	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Oak 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Camacho	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Powhatan	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Tract	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Capinzal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barnes STN	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury-Wicomico Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Dulles Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Itapitangui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	133.8 mm (5.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chilly Barton Flat	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Covington Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Patuxent River NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville Albemarle AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

749 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 143, Heaviest daily rainfall 316, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 123.

Records on 4 March 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	143
Heaviest daily rainfall	316
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	123

Records on 4 March 1993 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 42, daily 705.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

630 broken records

Margins by which the 630 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 1993

Top 20 records on 4 March 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1993	Beowawe, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	90 years	76 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1993	Dale Enterprise, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1993	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1993	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	84 years	67 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1993	Louisa, US	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	65 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1993	Snow Hill 4 N, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1993	Medina, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1993	Ft Bidwell, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1993	La Plata 1 W, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1993	Emporia 1 WNW, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 March 1993	Walkerton 2 NW, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1993	Registro, BR	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1993	Scotland Neck, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1993	Buckingham, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	93 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1993	Monticello, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	82 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1993	Princess Anne, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1993	John H Kerr Dam, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1993	Ruby Lake Nwr, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1993	Quantico MCAS, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1993	Clarksville, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	56 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

1801 to 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1993. 1993 had 749 records.

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

Records on 03-04 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1804	1
1810	1
1814	1
1816	1
1817	1
1837	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	5
1846	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	6
1881	5
1882	2
1884	1
1886	3
1888	4
1889	3
1890	7
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	11
1897	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	18
1904	8
1905	8
1906	14
1907	13
1908	15
1909	23
1910	7
1911	6
1912	46
1913	23
1914	27
1915	27
1916	37
1917	51
1918	79
1919	162
1920	76
1921	99
1922	59
1923	206
1924	139
1925	272
1926	144
1927	132
1928	100
1929	252
1930	148
1931	295
1932	341
1933	357
1934	402
1935	528
1936	171
1937	336
1938	628
1939	278
1940	242
1941	278
1942	266
1943	1,123
1944	564
1945	465
1946	679
1947	407
1948	698
1949	299
1950	638
1951	740
1952	747
1953	540
1954	528
1955	1,317
1956	504
1957	294
1958	414
1959	743
1960	2,289
1961	773
1962	536
1963	502
1964	677
1965	855
1966	1,050
1967	359
1968	1,100
1969	252
1970	332
1971	1,217
1972	632
1973	569
1974	1,456
1975	514
1976	1,696
1977	1,240
1978	1,905
1979	1,100
1980	742
1981	742
1982	758
1983	2,210
1984	671
1985	1,118
1986	1,113
1987	1,577
1988	924
1989	1,369
1990	738
1991	1,343
1992	1,283
1993	749
1994	959
1995	1,062
1996	727
1997	1,013
1998	1,720
1999	990
2000	878
2001	762
2002	2,015
2003	861
2004	1,092
2005	782
2006	711
2007	779
2008	919
2009	1,460
2010	517
2011	682
2012	755
2013	708
2014	1,792
2015	577
2016	748
2017	571
2018	645
2019	2,178
2020	873
2021	492
2022	516
2023	807
2024	1,328
2025	695
2026	747

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Data for records on 1993-03-04: 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 100	587
100 to 200	30
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	3
500 to 600	1