Weather Records on 7 March 2002

1,201 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 March 2002. Highest significance: Divide, US.

Key Facts for 7 March 2002

On 7 March 2002, 1,201 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
497 were record highs and 312 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 1,161 daily.
Divide set a monthly record daily snowfall of 33.0 cm (13.0 in) on 7 March 2002.
Across 171 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

1,201 stations

1,201 station records on 7 March 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 March 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Divide	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Grouse Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wisdom	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sula 2 SE (Sula Rs)	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Underwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Drummond Aviation	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blackleaf	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kennewick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Verma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Suphan Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Malta 7 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe 838.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wright 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton Fire STN 4	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Duluth	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Butte 5SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sinop	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seeley Lake Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heppner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Townsend 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,201 records

Records set or tied on 7 March 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 217, Lowest daily maximum 201, Highest daily minimum 280, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 220, Heaviest daily snowfall 151, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 7 March 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	217
Lowest daily maximum	201
Highest daily minimum	280
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	220
Heaviest daily snowfall	151
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 7 March 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 1,161.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,009 broken records

Margins by which the 1,009 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 March 2002

Top 20 records on 7 March 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 March 2002	Divide, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 March 2002	Grouse Creek, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 March 2002	Anaconda, US	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	10.5 cm (4.1 in)	100 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 March 2002	Wisdom, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2002	Dayton 1 WSW, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	104 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2002	Ellensburg, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	106 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2002	Glendive, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	106 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2002	Odesa, UA	daily high max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	9.0 C (16.2 F)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2002	Sula 2 SE (Sula Rs), US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2002	Lincoln Rs, US	daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2002	Underwood, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2002	Drummond Aviation, US	daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2002	Coeur D'Alene, US	daily low max	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	104 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2002	Blackleaf, US	monthly low min	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	88 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2002	Kennewick, US	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	104 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2002	Rosalia, US	monthly snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2002	Rest Lake, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2002	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily low max	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	110 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2002	Verma, NO	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	81 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2002	Suphan Buri, TH	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 years	46 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2002. 2002 had 1,201 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	1,387
2023	1,130
2024	414
2025	1,046
2026	1,457

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	953
50 to 100	43
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2