Weather Records on 1 March 2018

1,197 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 2018. Highest significance: Bowling Green Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 1 March 2018

On 1 March 2018, 1,197 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
297 were record highs and 473 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 109 monthly and 1,087 daily.
Bowling Green Wwtp set a daily record precipitation of 47.8 mm (1.9 in) on 1 March 2018.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 518 records.

Record Map

1,197 stations

1,197 station records on 1 March 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Dequeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wattisham	United Kingdom	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tongliao	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hysham	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.0 mm (6.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sparkman	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Foreman	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bismarck 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dierks	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-19.6 C (-3.3 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Antoine 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monteagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Craigs Pocket Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Republic	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Selmer	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leck	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arkabutla Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wolf Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ensenada 1 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keo	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,197 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 291, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 182, Heaviest daily rainfall 369, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 44.

Records on 1 March 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	291
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	182
Heaviest daily rainfall	369
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	44

Records on 1 March 2018 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 109, daily 1,087.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,032 broken records

Margins by which the 1,032 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

1 March 2018

Top 20 records on 1 March 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 2018	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	109 years	76 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2018	Dequeen, US	daily rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	69 years	69 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2018	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2018	Oden 1 SE, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	69 years	64 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2018	Hope 3 NE, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	100 years	63 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2018	Wattisham, GB	monthly snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	24 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2018	Amity, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2018	Ulleungdo, KR	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 March 2018	Tongliao, CN	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	63 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2018	Hysham, US	monthly snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2018	Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2018	Idabel, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2018	Lynchburg, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2018	Glenwood 4 NNE, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2018	Yabulu Qld Nickel, AU	daily rain	169.0 mm (6.7 in)	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2018	Sparkman, US	daily rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2018	Cambridge, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2018	Foreman, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2018	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	91 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 2018	Hernando, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	111 years	54 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2018. 2018 had 1,197 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 2018-03-01: 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	985
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1