Weather Records on 5 March 2011

696 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 2011. Highest significance: Mount Leonard Station, AU.

Key Facts for 5 March 2011

On 5 March 2011, 696 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
192 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 659 daily.
Mount Leonard Station set a daily record precipitation of 60.6 mm (2.4 in) on 5 March 2011.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

696 stations

696 station records on 5 March 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Leonard Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Naranjal (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Papantla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Poza Rica	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Misantla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glengyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaleer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marnhull	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston Scholes Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keeroongooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coyutla (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
El Olivo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Orion	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nive Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kuyura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nanango Wills St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yarraman Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tingha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coolawanyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Argadargada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Regleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Borumba Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bogarella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivan 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cahokia	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Celina 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Express AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beau Maison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blackbutt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cooranga North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Progreso	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Aion	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Channahon Dresden Isl Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford Hydro STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cania Gorge Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Muncie	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

696 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 359, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 39.

Records on 5 March 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	359
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	39

Records on 5 March 2011 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 36, daily 659.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

581 broken records

Margins by which the 581 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 2011

Top 20 records on 5 March 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 2011	Mount Leonard Station, AU	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
5 March 2011	Naranjal (Cfe), MX	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 March 2011	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	113 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2011	Papantla, MX	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2011	Poza Rica, MX	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2011	Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla, AU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	116 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2011	Misantla, MX	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	62 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2011	Glengyle, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	89 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2011	Bundaleer, AU	daily rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2011	Marnhull, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2011	Tellico Plains, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2011	Galveston Scholes Fld, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2011	Whitestown, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2011	Tambo Post Office, AU	daily rain	103.8 mm (4.1 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	0 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2011	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2011	Greenfield, US	monthly rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	106 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2011	Keeroongooloo, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2011	Goombungee Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2011	Coyutla (Cfe), MX	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2011	El Olivo, MX	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	49 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

1794 to 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2011. 2011 had 696 records.

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

Records on 03-05 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1801	1
1810	1
1821	2
1845	3
1846	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	5
1861	1
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	4
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1880	5
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	4
1889	3
1890	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	5
1900	2
1901	11
1902	15
1903	16
1904	3
1905	6
1906	15
1907	17
1908	12
1909	19
1910	34
1911	14
1912	31
1913	47
1914	27
1915	32
1916	14
1917	79
1918	82
1919	226
1920	102
1921	184
1922	42
1923	65
1924	159
1925	198
1926	240
1927	182
1928	68
1929	247
1930	118
1931	268
1932	320
1933	352
1934	347
1935	503
1936	125
1937	417
1938	350
1939	628
1940	150
1941	245
1942	287
1943	692
1944	485
1945	743
1946	706
1947	428
1948	946
1949	378
1950	534
1951	644
1952	347
1953	184
1954	468
1955	1,402
1956	658
1957	479
1958	365
1959	749
1960	2,228
1961	834
1962	491
1963	630
1964	852
1965	715
1966	539
1967	343
1968	1,029
1969	338
1970	317
1971	888
1972	810
1973	378
1974	912
1975	429
1976	1,479
1977	812
1978	1,689
1979	889
1980	418
1981	665
1982	525
1983	2,283
1984	648
1985	637
1986	754
1987	1,928
1988	623
1989	1,673
1990	836
1991	1,246
1992	1,488
1993	813
1994	796
1995	1,489
1996	856
1997	1,026
1998	1,016
1999	644
2000	1,127
2001	755
2002	1,373
2003	1,061
2004	1,558
2005	1,129
2006	624
2007	728
2008	913
2009	1,159
2010	729
2011	696
2012	575
2013	694
2014	1,006
2015	1,551
2016	875
2017	847
2018	652
2019	1,809
2020	1,274
2021	373
2022	635
2023	717
2024	979
2025	1,071
2026	992

Download the Data

Data for records on 2011-03-05: 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 2026-10-16 (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 100	574
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1