Weather Records on 5 March 1995

1,489 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1995. Highest significance: Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU.

Key Facts for 5 March 1995

On 5 March 1995, 1,489 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
490 were record highs and 229 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 1,454 daily.
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde set a daily record precipitation of 220.0 mm (8.7 in) on 5 March 1995.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

1,489 stations

1,489 station records on 5 March 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Eucla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nullarbor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	233.0 mm (9.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.8 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne (Lorne Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino Lagunas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	348.0 mm (13.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.2 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside Citrus Exp	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Rodriguez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Idyllwild Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 8 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Toro MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bobin (Bobin Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	187.0 mm (7.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Puerta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury (Barrington Wilderne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin McAf	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrowitch (Maretto)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yarras (Mount Seaview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	201.4 mm (7.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	155.0 mm (6.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tia (Highrent)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maricao Fish Hatchery	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berowra (Goodwyn Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eielson Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Appin Church St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,489 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 229, Lowest daily maximum 196, Highest daily minimum 261, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 599, Heaviest daily snowfall 157, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 5 March 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	229
Lowest daily maximum	196
Highest daily minimum	261
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	599
Heaviest daily snowfall	157
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 5 March 1995 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 34, daily 1,454.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,296 broken records

Margins by which the 1,296 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1995

Top 20 records on 5 March 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1995	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	115 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 March 1995	Eucla, AU	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	64 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1995	Nullarbor, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1995	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1995	Cook, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1995	Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road), AU	daily rain	233.0 mm (9.2 in)	163.9 mm (6.5 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1995	Moorland (Denro-An), AU	daily rain	119.8 mm (4.7 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	102 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1995	Lorne (Lorne Road), AU	daily rain	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	105.3 mm (4.1 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1995	San Bernardino Lagunas, MX	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1995	Kursk, RU	daily high max	11.6 C (52.9 F)	8.6 C (15.5 F)	95 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1995	Laguna Beach, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1995	Comboyne Post Office, AU	all-time rain	348.0 mm (13.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1995	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1995	Crescent Head, AU	daily rain	150.2 mm (5.9 in)	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1995	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1995	Wheaton, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	80 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1995	Riverside Citrus Exp, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1995	Campbell, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	97 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1995	Ludlow 3 SSE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1995	Presa Rodriguez, MX	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	50 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1995. 1995 had 1,489 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,212
50 to 100	61
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	1