Weather Records on 5 March 2023

717 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 2023. Highest significance: Nevada City, US.

Key Facts for 5 March 2023

On 5 March 2023, 717 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
248 were record highs and 254 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 664 daily.
Nevada City set a daily record snow depth of 121.9 cm (48.0 in) on 5 March 2023.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

717 stations

717 station records on 5 March 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nevada City	United States	Record snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mt Hamilton	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Quincy	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Logan 5 SW Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Manila	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Valley #2	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshoni	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Topaz Lake	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jackpot	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brigham City Waste Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dunsmuir Trtmt Pl	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Idyllwild Fire Dept	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chelan	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lee Vining	United States	Record snow depth	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shields	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cutler Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record snow depth	76.0 cm (29.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Preston	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Radio Kvnu	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hamilton	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
So Entrance Yosemite Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Midwest	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific House	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Connorville (Lake River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific House	United States	Record daily snowfall	37.8 cm (14.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maybell	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boise Lucky Peak Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boca	United States	Record snow depth	157.5 cm (62.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Radio Kvnu	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

717 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 160, Lowest daily maximum 200, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 72, Heaviest daily snowfall 58, Deepest snow cover 85.

Records on 5 March 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	160
Lowest daily maximum	200
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	72
Heaviest daily snowfall	58
Deepest snow cover	85

Records on 5 March 2023 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 46, daily 664.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

588 broken records

Margins by which the 588 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1117.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 2023

Top 20 records on 5 March 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 2023	Nevada City, US	daily snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	111.7 cm (44.0 in)	73 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 March 2023	Mt Hamilton, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 March 2023	Quincy, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	122 years	67 of 100 (Major)
5 March 2023	Logan 5 SW Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
5 March 2023	Manila, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	112 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2023	Grass Valley #2, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 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)
5 March 2023	Cold Bay AP, US	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2023	New England, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	123 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2023	Timber Lake, US	daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	89 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2023	Topaz Lake, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2023	Tonopah, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	77 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2023	Randolph, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2023	Jackpot, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2023	Brigham City Waste Plt, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2023	Dunsmuir Trtmt Pl, US	monthly snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2023	Idyllwild Fire Dept, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2023	Trenton, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	77 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2023	Dutch Harbor, US	monthly high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2023	Cove 1 E, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	53 years	50 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2023. 2023 had 717 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

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Data for records on 2023-03-05: 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 2026-10-17 (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 200	570
200 to 400	11
400 to 600	4
600 to 800	2
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1