Weather Records on 10 March 2002

850 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 March 2002. Highest significance: Leavenworth 3 S, US.

Key Facts for 10 March 2002

On 10 March 2002, 850 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
531 were record highs and 168 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 831 daily.
Leavenworth 3 S set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 10 March 2002.
Across 160 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

850 stations

850 station records on 10 March 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 March 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ojo de Agua	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Plan de Ayala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tahquamenon Falls Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria del Monte	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tremonton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose de Gracia	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sokode	Togo	Record low maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Isabella 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bolshoe Goloustnoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mosby 4 ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valentine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ixtepeji	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Suaqui Grande (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
High Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Derna	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Isabella 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Western 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marquette	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kolpasevo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Balagansk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kushiro	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ternej	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carrera Larga	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Las Gaviotas	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Severnoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tajshet	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kamen-Na-Obi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Romanovka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chico UNIV Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sheaville 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tomakomai	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel de Lobos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

850 records

Records set or tied on 10 March 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 326, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 205, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 102, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 10 March 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	326
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	205
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	102
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 10 March 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 831.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

710 broken records

Margins by which the 710 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 March 2002

Top 20 records on 10 March 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 March 2002	Leavenworth 3 S, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
10 March 2002	River Falls, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2002	Ojo de Agua, MX	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2002	Ironwood, US	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	92 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2002	Clarendon, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2002	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2002	Plan de Ayala, MX	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2002	Kirensk, RU	daily high min	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2002	Tahquamenon Falls Sp, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2002	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2002	Santa Maria del Monte, MX	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2002	Sredny Vasjugan, RU	daily high min	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 2002	Semej, KZ	daily high max	7.0 C (44.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	76 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 2002	Tremonton, US	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 2002	San Jose de Gracia, MX	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 2002	Irkutsk, RU	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	6.5 C (11.7 F)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 2002	Sokode, TG	daily low max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 2002	Taunton, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	65 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 2002	Isabella 1 W, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 2002	Mineral, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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

1807 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2002. 2002 had 850 records.

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

Records on 03-10 in each year
Year	Records
1807	1
1809	1
1810	3
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1858	2
1860	4
1862	1
1866	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1877	2
1878	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1888	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	4
1894	10
1895	1
1896	2
1897	7
1898	1
1901	12
1902	4
1903	6
1904	13
1905	4
1906	26
1907	14
1908	14
1909	16
1910	14
1911	21
1912	53
1913	78
1914	29
1915	29
1916	33
1917	36
1918	73
1919	28
1920	22
1921	65
1922	58
1923	87
1924	236
1925	265
1926	122
1927	93
1928	107
1929	407
1930	96
1931	374
1932	1,857
1933	267
1934	479
1935	338
1936	406
1937	218
1938	142
1939	497
1940	367
1941	260
1942	233
1943	490
1944	646
1945	250
1946	274
1947	316
1948	1,943
1949	511
1950	500
1951	753
1952	478
1953	355
1954	573
1955	1,308
1956	633
1957	607
1958	490
1959	256
1960	834
1961	351
1962	765
1963	470
1964	934
1965	306
1966	588
1967	850
1968	557
1969	874
1970	341
1971	533
1972	1,382
1973	1,143
1974	1,376
1975	868
1976	488
1977	1,300
1978	877
1979	538
1980	491
1981	1,178
1982	858
1983	1,014
1984	1,397
1985	758
1986	1,041
1987	595
1988	830
1989	1,846
1990	1,333
1991	406
1992	1,063
1993	753
1994	1,496
1995	1,241
1996	1,978
1997	1,360
1998	1,957
1999	759
2000	1,609
2001	882
2002	850
2003	1,137
2004	942
2005	963
2006	1,625
2007	457
2008	792
2009	1,407
2010	1,287
2011	934
2012	785
2013	937
2014	988
2015	825
2016	1,781
2017	562
2018	410
2019	1,208
2020	753
2021	1,131
2022	1,486
2023	1,139
2024	489
2025	737
2026	1,485

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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 2026-10-15 (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	696
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1