Weather Records on 4 March 2010

517 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 2010. Highest significance: Broken Hill (Langawirra), AU.

Key Facts for 4 March 2010

On 4 March 2010, 517 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 488 daily.
Broken Hill (Langawirra) set a daily record precipitation of 52.6 mm (2.1 in) on 4 March 2010.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

517 stations

517 station records on 4 March 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Aspendell	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Confluence 1 SW Dam	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Pooncarie Mail Agency	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Reid St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tilpa (Tongo Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Meyersdale 2 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Diyarbakir	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hart Mtn Refuge	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Karmoy - Brekkevann	Norway	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Reynolds	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Livingstone	Zambia	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliffs (Kayrunnera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Miyakonojo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tanegashima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buhl #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Markovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-47.0 C (-52.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Terra Alta #1	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zearing	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dorsey Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charleville Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Waterbag)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Makurazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Canyon Nm	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bayard	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glady 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Tejas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vallecito Dam	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Chilchotla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dry Tortugas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Terry	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

517 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 98, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 69.

Records on 4 March 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	69

Records on 4 March 2010 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 28, daily 488.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

391 broken records

Margins by which the 391 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 2010

Top 20 records on 4 March 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 2010	Broken Hill (Langawirra), AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	85 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 March 2010	Aspendell, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 March 2010	Confluence 1 SW Dam, US	daily snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
4 March 2010	Pooncarie Mail Agency, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	107 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2010	Wilcannia (Reid St), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2010	Wilcannia (Mount Murchison), AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2010	Tilpa (Tongo Road), AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2010	Trenton Falls, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2010	Meyersdale 2 SSW, US	daily snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2010	Miller, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2010	Diyarbakir, TR	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2010	Mina, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	99 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2010	Hart Mtn Refuge, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2010	Audubon, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	97 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2010	Aspendell, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2010	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	15.9 C (60.6 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	124 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2010	Karmoy - Brekkevann, NO	daily snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2010	Reynolds, US	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2010	Faulkton, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2010	Livingstone, ZM	monthly rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	45 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

1801 to 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2010. 2010 had 517 records.

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

Records on 03-04 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1804	1
1810	1
1814	1
1816	1
1817	1
1837	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	5
1846	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	6
1881	5
1882	2
1884	1
1886	3
1888	4
1889	3
1890	7
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	11
1897	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	18
1904	8
1905	8
1906	14
1907	13
1908	15
1909	23
1910	7
1911	6
1912	46
1913	23
1914	27
1915	27
1916	37
1917	51
1918	79
1919	162
1920	76
1921	99
1922	59
1923	206
1924	139
1925	272
1926	144
1927	132
1928	100
1929	252
1930	148
1931	295
1932	341
1933	357
1934	402
1935	528
1936	171
1937	336
1938	628
1939	278
1940	242
1941	278
1942	266
1943	1,123
1944	564
1945	465
1946	679
1947	407
1948	698
1949	299
1950	638
1951	740
1952	747
1953	540
1954	528
1955	1,317
1956	504
1957	294
1958	414
1959	743
1960	2,289
1961	773
1962	536
1963	502
1964	677
1965	855
1966	1,050
1967	359
1968	1,100
1969	252
1970	332
1971	1,217
1972	632
1973	569
1974	1,456
1975	514
1976	1,696
1977	1,240
1978	1,905
1979	1,100
1980	742
1981	742
1982	758
1983	2,210
1984	671
1985	1,118
1986	1,113
1987	1,577
1988	924
1989	1,369
1990	738
1991	1,343
1992	1,283
1993	749
1994	959
1995	1,062
1996	727
1997	1,013
1998	1,720
1999	990
2000	878
2001	762
2002	2,015
2003	861
2004	1,092
2005	782
2006	711
2007	779
2008	919
2009	1,460
2010	517
2011	682
2012	755
2013	708
2014	1,792
2015	577
2016	748
2017	571
2018	645
2019	2,178
2020	873
2021	492
2022	516
2023	807
2024	1,328
2025	695
2026	747

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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 2026-10-17 (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 100	362
100 to 200	19
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1