Weather Records on 1 March 2004

1,363 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 2004. Highest significance: Spearfish, US.

Key Facts for 1 March 2004

On 1 March 2004, 1,363 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
538 were record highs and 191 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 1,324 daily.
Spearfish set a daily record precipitation of 37.1 mm (1.5 in) on 1 March 2004.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

1,363 stations

1,363 station records on 1 March 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cossack	Australia	Record daily precipitation	282.0 mm (11.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Amidon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshoni	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kassala	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mission 14 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Western 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kadoka	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dampier Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kadoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Donald	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg 12WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Neligh	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harding 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Interior 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yalleen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pavillion	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Powder River #2	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,363 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 165, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 373, Lowest daily minimum 145, Heaviest daily rainfall 482, Heaviest daily snowfall 96, Deepest snow cover 56.

Records on 1 March 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	165
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	373
Lowest daily minimum	145
Heaviest daily rainfall	482
Heaviest daily snowfall	96
Deepest snow cover	56

Records on 1 March 2004 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 37, daily 1,324.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,120 broken records

Margins by which the 1,120 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 2004

Top 20 records on 1 March 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 2004	Spearfish, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	102 years	74 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2004	Broken Bow 2 W, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2004	Oakdale, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	98 years	65 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2004	Bridgeport, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	98 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2004	Mason City, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	91 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2004	Mardie, AU	daily rain	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2004	Oberlin, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	98 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2004	Boulder, US	monthly snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2004	Chadron 3SW, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2004	Cossack, AU	monthly rain	282.0 mm (11.1 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	91 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2004	Dalton, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2004	Amidon, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2004	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2004	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2004	Burr Oak 4S, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2004	Shoshoni, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2004	Bird City 10S, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2004	Bertrand, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2004	Dalton, US	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	78 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2004	Orleans 2 W, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	55 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

1808 to 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2004. 2004 had 1,363 records.

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

Records on 03-01 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1814	1
1817	1
1827	1
1836	2
1844	1
1846	4
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	3
1872	1
1875	4
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	6
1886	10
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	8
1899	1
1900	7
1901	1
1902	14
1903	11
1904	13
1905	4
1906	30
1907	5
1908	14
1909	19
1910	14
1911	20
1912	64
1913	26
1914	23
1915	21
1916	34
1917	15
1918	16
1919	57
1920	98
1921	411
1922	139
1923	127
1924	44
1925	100
1926	86
1927	203
1928	61
1929	181
1930	90
1931	140
1932	462
1933	94
1934	401
1935	167
1936	232
1937	220
1938	308
1939	565
1940	513
1941	644
1942	391
1943	256
1944	155
1945	178
1946	358
1947	933
1948	893
1949	250
1950	249
1951	564
1952	564
1953	615
1954	893
1955	1,028
1956	523
1957	293
1958	459
1959	463
1960	1,530
1961	548
1962	2,067
1963	532
1964	563
1965	696
1966	575
1967	731
1968	966
1969	439
1970	725
1971	943
1972	1,524
1973	613
1974	954
1975	411
1976	1,612
1977	317
1978	1,065
1979	507
1980	2,040
1981	550
1982	918
1983	1,048
1984	720
1985	676
1986	1,317
1987	2,042
1988	722
1989	924
1990	1,000
1991	926
1992	1,827
1993	1,189
1994	1,339
1995	1,214
1996	641
1997	1,924
1998	957
1999	1,150
2000	1,211
2001	1,081
2002	1,012
2003	756
2004	1,363
2005	1,294
2006	1,376
2007	1,418
2008	887
2009	1,030
2010	890
2011	868
2012	1,776
2013	782
2014	1,149
2015	1,279
2016	622
2017	1,212
2018	1,197
2019	747
2020	494
2021	824
2022	1,096
2023	1,232
2024	642
2025	841
2026	1,153

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Data for records on 2004-03-01: 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 2026-10-17 (17 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	1,049
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	25
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1