Weather Records on 7 March 2001

766 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 March 2001. Highest significance: Arch, US.

Key Facts for 7 March 2001

On 7 March 2001, 766 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
323 were record highs and 166 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 729 daily.
Arch set a daily record precipitation of 36.8 mm (1.4 in) on 7 March 2001.
Across 171 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

766 stations

766 station records on 7 March 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 March 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arch	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wickenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Progresso	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Ind Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton Airfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Denison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.8 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blythe	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily snowfall	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Smiths Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Banka Banka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Long Flat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.6 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bulby Brush (Blue Look-Out)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
The Derwent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne (Lorne Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prattsville	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mojave	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.0 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ware	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sasabe 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ocate 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wedgefield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Number One (Murrays Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.8 mm (4.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seaside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wandering Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Helen Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huesca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

766 records

Records set or tied on 7 March 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 173, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 72, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 70.

Records on 7 March 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	173
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	72
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	70

Records on 7 March 2001 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 32, daily 729.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

612 broken records

Margins by which the 612 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 March 2001

Top 20 records on 7 March 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 March 2001	Arch, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	92 years	75 of 100 (Major)
7 March 2001	Wittmann 1SE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 March 2001	Wickenburg, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 March 2001	Progresso, US	monthly rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2001	Roswell Ind Air Pk, US	monthly rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2001	Krambach (Bellevue), AU	daily rain	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	62 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2001	San Jon, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2001	Warburton Airfield, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2001	Mount Denison, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2001	Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro, AU	daily rain	133.8 mm (5.3 in)	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2001	Blythe, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2001	Comboyne Post Office, AU	daily rain	168.0 mm (6.6 in)	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2001	Elizabethtown, US	all-time snowfall	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2001	Iroquois, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2001	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2001	Krasnaja Poljana, RU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2001	Smiths Basin, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2001	Banka Banka, AU	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2001	Long Flat Post Office, AU	daily rain	125.6 mm (4.9 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2001	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 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

1796 to 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2001. 2001 had 766 records.

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

Records on 03-07 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	1
1808	1
1813	1
1818	1
1822	1
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1840	1
1845	2
1849	2
1850	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	3
1865	1
1868	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	5
1895	4
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	5
1900	2
1901	6
1902	2
1903	4
1904	16
1905	5
1906	27
1907	7
1908	13
1909	57
1910	95
1911	26
1912	16
1913	101
1914	20
1915	22
1916	82
1917	54
1918	28
1919	39
1920	273
1921	86
1922	77
1923	91
1924	86
1925	273
1926	175
1927	155
1928	69
1929	103
1930	161
1931	384
1932	737
1933	152
1934	302
1935	274
1936	122
1937	258
1938	72
1939	255
1940	273
1941	333
1942	398
1943	1,024
1944	508
1945	318
1946	643
1947	448
1948	335
1949	452
1950	558
1951	1,098
1952	277
1953	351
1954	330
1955	462
1956	1,169
1957	428
1958	947
1959	238
1960	1,388
1961	614
1962	608
1963	363
1964	837
1965	300
1966	367
1967	998
1968	1,085
1969	650
1970	690
1971	664
1972	949
1973	1,258
1974	1,771
1975	560
1976	355
1977	674
1978	959
1979	837
1980	356
1981	883
1982	727
1983	1,646
1984	669
1985	549
1986	918
1987	2,048
1988	796
1989	2,215
1990	1,399
1991	859
1992	1,063
1993	563
1994	700
1995	2,011
1996	1,912
1997	716
1998	1,535
1999	960
2000	1,880
2001	766
2002	1,201
2003	886
2004	827
2005	1,043
2006	833
2007	1,031
2008	1,204
2009	1,015
2010	1,103
2011	808
2012	743
2013	655
2014	788
2015	1,090
2016	961
2017	773
2018	377
2019	1,245
2020	639
2021	270
2022	1,388
2023	1,130
2024	414
2025	1,046
2026	1,456

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Data for records on 2001-03-07: 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 2026-10-15 (15 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	554
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	1