Weather Records on 5 March 2002

1,373 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 2002. Highest significance: Lincoln Rs, US.

Key Facts for 5 March 2002

On 5 March 2002, 1,373 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 866 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 1,309 daily.
Lincoln Rs set a monthly record daily snowfall of 55.4 cm (21.8 in) on 5 March 2002.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

1,373 stations

1,373 station records on 5 March 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lincoln Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.4 cm (21.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Murchison Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Stuart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Errabiddy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pinnacles	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yonago	Japan	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kosrae	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Markovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Misantla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Florrie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marinette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tangadee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,373 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 333, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 533, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 5 March 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	333
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	533
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 5 March 2002 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 62, daily 1,309.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,072 broken records

Margins by which the 1,072 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 272.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 2002

Top 20 records on 5 March 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 2002	Lincoln Rs, US	monthly snowfall	55.4 cm (21.8 in)	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	46 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 March 2002	Murchison Downs, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
5 March 2002	Coolgardie Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2002	Mount Stuart, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	85 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2002	River Falls, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2002	Middleburg, US	monthly low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2002	Errabiddy, AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2002	Fitzgerald, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2002	Fairfield, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2002	Pinnacles, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2002	Yonago, JP	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2002	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2002	Central Michigan UNIV, US	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	101 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2002	Kosrae, FM	daily rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2002	Elgin Water, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2002	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2002	Markovo, RU	daily high min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2002	Lake Providence, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2002	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2002	Algona, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	87 years	42 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2002. 2002 had 1,373 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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Data for records on 2002-03-05: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,057
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2