Weather Records on 11 March 2002

736 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 March 2002. Highest significance: Lake Wenatchee, US.

Key Facts for 11 March 2002

On 11 March 2002, 736 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
504 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 726 daily.
Lake Wenatchee set a daily record precipitation of 59.4 mm (2.3 in) on 11 March 2002.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

736 stations

736 station records on 11 March 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 March 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Seaside	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Port Angeles	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Villalba 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Packwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rex 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
N Willamette Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Otis 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holden Village	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Council	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mazama	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barguzin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mazama	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jayuya	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff Grider Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orlinga	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kyra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sulak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mangut	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tillamook	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jinzhou	China	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tajshet	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tulun	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Balagansk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hilok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bunker 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Freewater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tura	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tura	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nizhneudinsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mangut	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

736 records

Records set or tied on 11 March 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 273, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 231, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 11 March 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	273
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	231
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 11 March 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 726.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

629 broken records

Margins by which the 629 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 March 2002

Top 20 records on 11 March 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 2002	Lake Wenatchee, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	68 of 100 (Major)
11 March 2002	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
11 March 2002	Seaside, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	66 of 100 (Major)
11 March 2002	Port Angeles, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2002	Villalba 1 SE, PR	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2002	Lake Wenatchee, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	107 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2002	Packwood, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2002	Rex 1 S, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2002	Chita, RU	daily high min	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	108 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2002	N Willamette Exp STN, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2002	Otis 2 NE, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2002	Holden Village, US	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2002	Council, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	71 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2002	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2002	Mazama, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2002	Barguzin, RU	daily high min	0.7 C (33.3 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2002	Mt Pleasant 1N, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2002	Mazama, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2002	Jayuya, PR	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2002	Kazan, RU	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	106 years	40 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

1793 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2002. 2002 had 736 records.

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

Records on 03-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1810	3
1814	1
1822	1
1844	1
1845	2
1847	3
1849	1
1850	2
1854	3
1855	1
1858	3
1859	1
1860	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	8
1903	12
1904	7
1905	6
1906	38
1907	7
1908	10
1909	26
1910	19
1911	19
1912	19
1913	22
1914	25
1915	18
1916	29
1917	49
1918	58
1919	39
1920	15
1921	66
1922	42
1923	78
1924	265
1925	264
1926	134
1927	277
1928	119
1929	210
1930	105
1931	273
1932	1,123
1933	300
1934	764
1935	520
1936	356
1937	188
1938	120
1939	569
1940	417
1941	265
1942	225
1943	251
1944	304
1945	262
1946	461
1947	234
1948	2,148
1949	329
1950	671
1951	677
1952	804
1953	330
1954	489
1955	1,103
1956	964
1957	521
1958	441
1959	189
1960	1,115
1961	353
1962	674
1963	440
1964	296
1965	386
1966	539
1967	1,272
1968	519
1969	1,093
1970	389
1971	552
1972	1,320
1973	1,406
1974	956
1975	592
1976	375
1977	1,690
1978	579
1979	891
1980	472
1981	1,539
1982	807
1983	943
1984	743
1985	829
1986	747
1987	596
1988	1,176
1989	1,894
1990	2,496
1991	532
1992	1,083
1993	561
1994	689
1995	1,138
1996	1,339
1997	1,152
1998	2,609
1999	533
2000	1,199
2001	802
2002	736
2003	935
2004	826
2005	988
2006	1,590
2007	830
2008	816
2009	1,195
2010	966
2011	734
2012	868
2013	949
2014	556
2015	897
2016	1,249
2017	483
2018	479
2019	767
2020	605
2021	980
2022	1,203
2023	984
2024	424
2025	699
2026	1,580

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	617
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1