Weather Records on 4 March 2023

807 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 2023. Highest significance: Urbana Wrf, US.

Key Facts for 4 March 2023

On 4 March 2023, 807 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
230 were record highs and 274 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 762 daily.
Urbana Wrf set a daily record precipitation of 69.1 mm (2.7 in) on 4 March 2023.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

807 stations

807 station records on 4 March 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lafayette 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshoni	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record snow depth	81.0 cm (31.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dunsmuir Trtmt Pl	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lee Vining	United States	Record snow depth	149.9 cm (59.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Perrysville 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hicksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Idyllwild Fire Dept	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pence 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fiddletown Dexter Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chalmers 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Niles	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Shasta	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Preston	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Knox Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moweaqua 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chilly Barton Flat	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sidell 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lapeer Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ilirnej	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-43.2 C (-45.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Olive 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

807 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 214, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 70.

Records on 4 March 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	214
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	70

Records on 4 March 2023 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 42, daily 762.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

677 broken records

Margins by which the 677 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1143.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 2023

Top 20 records on 4 March 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 2023	Urbana Wrf, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
4 March 2023	Williams, US	daily snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	100 years	66 of 100 (Major)
4 March 2023	Lafayette 8 S, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
4 March 2023	Middletown, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	61 of 100 (Major)
4 March 2023	Brookville, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2023	Shoshoni, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2023	Flagstaff AP, US	daily snow depth	81.0 cm (31.9 in)	45.4 cm (17.9 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2023	Robe Comparison, AU	monthly low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	138 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2023	Downieville, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2023	Nevada City, US	daily snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2023	Philo, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	125 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2023	Eaton, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2023	Versailles, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2023	New Carlisle, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2023	Greenfield, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2023	Minden, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	104 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2023	Dayton Mcd, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2023	Herbert Vale, AU	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2023	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	125 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 2023	Manila, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	100 years	51 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2023. 2023 had 807 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	663
200 to 400	10
400 to 600	2
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	2