Weather Records on 5 March 1945

743 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1945. Highest significance: Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA.

Key Facts for 5 March 1945

On 5 March 1945, 743 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
179 were record highs and 357 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 692 daily.
Pilanesberg-Pol set an all-time record daily precipitation of 145.8 mm (5.7 in) on 5 March 1945.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

743 stations

743 station records on 5 March 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pilanesberg-Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Rosebery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vredefort (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Young	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Berea College	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buffelshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mochudi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Payson Rs	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Makwassie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Welverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Villiers (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flying Fish Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Derby	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Philipsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Witsieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	207.8 mm (8.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	199.6 mm (7.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sundance	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Doornbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Avery Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	280.4 mm (11.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kooskia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waterfall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
East Anaconda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dwarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

743 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 158, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 199, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 5 March 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	158
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	199
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 5 March 1945 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 49, daily 692.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

594 broken records

Margins by which the 594 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1945

Top 20 records on 5 March 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1945	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	all-time rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	69 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1945	Rosebery, AU	monthly rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 March 1945	Tullah, AU	monthly rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1945	Zeehan Post Office, AU	monthly rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1945	Vredefort (Skl), ZA	monthly rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1945	Young, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1945	Berea College, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1945	Buffelshoek, ZA	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1945	Williams, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1945	Mochudi, BW	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1945	Payson Rs, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1945	Makwassie, ZA	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	6 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1945	Williams, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1945	Waratah (Mount Road), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1945	Welverdiend (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1945	Villiers (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1945	Priest Rvr Exp STN, US	monthly low min	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1945	Flying Fish Point, AU	daily rain	194.3 mm (7.6 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1945	Derby, ZA	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1945	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1945. 1945 had 743 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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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	558
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1