Weather Records on 5 March 1994

796 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1994. Highest significance: Keneurgench, TM.

Key Facts for 5 March 1994

On 5 March 1994, 796 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
405 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 778 daily.
Keneurgench set an all-time record daily precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 5 March 1994.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

796 stations

796 station records on 5 March 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Keneurgench	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Etne	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Luray 5 E	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bom Jesus Do Galho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Takle	Norway	Record daily precipitation	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leknes I Lofoten	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Adolphskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Khon Kaen	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Rsch Farm	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Abiquiu Dam	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona Blair Co AP	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsport Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Landisville 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bjurholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	59.0 cm (23.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maudal	Norway	Record snow depth	135.0 cm (53.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sherburne	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Litledal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sinnemahoning	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Larcom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 3 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nutwood Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boonah Border Gate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sauda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zuara	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nooitgedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hardwick	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Galeton	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rochford 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record snow depth	119.0 cm (46.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

796 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 226, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 232, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 97.

Records on 5 March 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	226
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	232
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	97

Records on 5 March 1994 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 15, daily 778.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

598 broken records

Margins by which the 598 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 711.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1994

Top 20 records on 5 March 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1994	Keneurgench, TM	all-time rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1994	Etne, NO	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1994	Luray 5 E, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1994	Chiang Mai, TH	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1994	Bom Jesus Do Galho, BR	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1994	Selinsgrove 2 S, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1994	Eagle, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1994	Reading Wb City, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1994	Takle, NO	daily rain	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1994	Orje, NO	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1994	Leknes I Lofoten, NO	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1994	Adolphskraal, ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1994	State College, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1994	Khon Kaen, TH	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1994	Aurora Rsch Farm, US	daily snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1994	Towanda 1 S, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1994	Sussex 1 NW, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1994	Elmira, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1994	Sand I Ryfylke II, NO	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1994	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	68 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

1794 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1994. 1994 had 796 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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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	541
100 to 200	33
200 to 300	13
300 to 400	7
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1
700 to 800	1