Weather Records on 2 March 2011

664 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 2011. Highest significance: Campina Grande, BR.

Key Facts for 2 March 2011

On 2 March 2011, 664 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
312 were record highs and 191 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 626 daily.
Campina Grande set a daily record precipitation of 106.9 mm (4.2 in) on 2 March 2011.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 512 records.

Record Map

664 stations

664 station records on 2 March 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Campina Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	247.8 mm (9.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kanchanaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bjorkasen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	199.1 mm (7.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.0 mm (7.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Medio Monte	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nardoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Glen-Ayle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Concepcion	Paraguay	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huerta Vieja	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrovnoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrovnoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Oloj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	165.1 cm (65.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Butte	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Asotin 14 SW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Craig	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uttaradit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Billingsa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton Airfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Hurtado	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Puyacatengo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
L F Wade Intl AP Kindley Fld	Bermuda [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brindisi	Italy	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jaral de Berrios	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sundsfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.8 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sale	Morocco	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tapijulapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Aion	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Teapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Markovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tambov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.8 C (-14.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balgerbine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Oloj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tenayuca	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buhta Ambarcik	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greybull	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenvale Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gregory Downs Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Home Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kelsey Creek Dittmer Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lemmon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

664 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 229, Lowest daily maximum 77, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 114, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 60.

Records on 2 March 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	229
Lowest daily maximum	77
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	114
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	60

Records on 2 March 2011 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 37, daily 626.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

484 broken records

Margins by which the 484 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 2011

Top 20 records on 2 March 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 2011	Campina Grande, BR	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	93 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2011	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2011	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily rain	247.8 mm (9.8 in)	148.5 mm (5.8 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2011	Kanchanaburi, TH	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2011	Bjorkasen, NO	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2011	Wando Vale Station, AU	all-time rain	199.1 mm (7.8 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2011	Augustus Downs Station, AU	monthly rain	184.0 mm (7.2 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2011	Rainier Paradise Rs, US	monthly snowfall	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	82 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2011	Medio Monte, MX	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2011	Locke 2 W, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2011	Nardoo Station, AU	daily rain	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2011	Glen-Ayle, AU	monthly rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2011	Vinton, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2011	Concepcion, PY	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2011	Huerta Vieja, MX	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	54 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2011	Ostrovnoe, RU	daily high min	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	13.1 C (23.6 F)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2011	Craig, US	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	62 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2011	Ostrovnoe, RU	daily high max	5.1 C (41.2 F)	9.9 C (17.8 F)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2011	Ust-Oloj, RU	daily high min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	8.7 C (15.7 F)	73 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 March 2011	Torrevieja, ES	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	76 years	39 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

1802 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2011. 2011 had 664 records.

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

Records on 03-02 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1814	1
1836	1
1845	1
1846	2
1848	1
1852	1
1854	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1866	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	1
1893	11
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	4
1900	12
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	10
1905	7
1906	22
1907	4
1908	16
1909	19
1910	11
1911	13
1912	57
1913	32
1914	36
1915	20
1916	65
1917	37
1918	22
1919	23
1920	85
1921	241
1922	73
1923	219
1924	50
1925	220
1926	85
1927	152
1928	75
1929	191
1930	133
1931	250
1932	371
1933	89
1934	364
1935	198
1936	441
1937	162
1938	415
1939	222
1940	522
1941	507
1942	261
1943	912
1944	249
1945	494
1946	290
1947	878
1948	744
1949	196
1950	441
1951	801
1952	794
1953	731
1954	491
1955	647
1956	510
1957	282
1958	247
1959	310
1960	1,650
1961	768
1962	1,155
1963	518
1964	679
1965	687
1966	583
1967	644
1968	629
1969	417
1970	887
1971	1,033
1972	1,713
1973	522
1974	1,474
1975	399
1976	1,903
1977	384
1978	1,272
1979	728
1980	2,905
1981	534
1982	924
1983	1,518
1984	566
1985	733
1986	1,075
1987	1,370
1988	833
1989	1,395
1990	826
1991	1,512
1992	1,852
1993	906
1994	1,540
1995	1,382
1996	541
1997	2,594
1998	687
1999	1,176
2000	1,093
2001	1,373
2002	1,466
2003	709
2004	1,064
2005	966
2006	1,017
2007	1,726
2008	889
2009	1,498
2010	859
2011	664
2012	933
2013	795
2014	1,545
2015	933
2016	652
2017	565
2018	816
2019	901
2020	538
2021	529
2022	1,017
2023	1,094
2024	886
2025	708
2026	1,163

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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 50	449
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1