Weather Records on 7 March 1945

318 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 March 1945. Highest significance: Millstream, AU.

Key Facts for 7 March 1945

On 7 March 1945, 318 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 311 daily.
Millstream set an all-time record daily precipitation of 252.2 mm (9.9 in) on 7 March 1945.
Across 171 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

318 stations

318 station records on 7 March 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 March 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Millstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	252.2 mm (9.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
West Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rietpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pieter Meintjies (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rolfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yarraloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middelpos (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	371.9 mm (14.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amersfoort (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cooya Pooya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yandeearra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saltsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rpf 672 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mosita	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colusa Brg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coraopolis Neville Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coorara Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuspruit Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rienzi	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dudleys	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Laingsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeu Gamka (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

318 records

Records set or tied on 7 March 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 7 March 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 7 March 1945 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 311.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

269 broken records

Margins by which the 269 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 March 1945

Top 20 records on 7 March 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 March 1945	Millstream, AU	all-time rain	252.2 mm (9.9 in)	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	27 years	72 of 100 (Major)
7 March 1945	West Newton, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1945	Rietpoort, ZA	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1945	Pieter Meintjies (Sar), ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1945	Rolfontein, ZA	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1945	Frankfort Downtown, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1945	Yarraloola, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1945	Middelpos (Pol), ZA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1945	Roebourne, AU	all-time rain	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1945	Red Hill, AU	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1945	Ingham Post Office, AU	monthly rain	371.9 mm (14.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1945	Amersfoort (Pol), ZA	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1945	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	73 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1945	Weston, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1945	Point Pleasant, US	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1945	Armagh, GB	daily high max	14.9 C (58.8 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	62 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1945	Millport 4 NE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1945	Glenville, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1945	Casey, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1945	Woodbrook, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	11 years	29 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

1796 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1945. 1945 had 318 records.

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

Records on 03-07 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	1
1808	1
1813	1
1818	1
1822	1
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1840	1
1845	2
1849	2
1850	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	3
1865	1
1868	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	5
1895	4
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	5
1900	2
1901	6
1902	2
1903	4
1904	16
1905	5
1906	27
1907	7
1908	13
1909	57
1910	95
1911	26
1912	16
1913	101
1914	20
1915	22
1916	82
1917	54
1918	28
1919	39
1920	273
1921	86
1922	77
1923	91
1924	86
1925	273
1926	175
1927	155
1928	69
1929	103
1930	161
1931	384
1932	737
1933	152
1934	302
1935	274
1936	122
1937	258
1938	72
1939	255
1940	273
1941	333
1942	398
1943	1,024
1944	508
1945	318
1946	643
1947	448
1948	335
1949	452
1950	558
1951	1,098
1952	277
1953	351
1954	330
1955	462
1956	1,169
1957	428
1958	947
1959	238
1960	1,388
1961	614
1962	608
1963	363
1964	837
1965	300
1966	367
1967	998
1968	1,085
1969	650
1970	690
1971	664
1972	949
1973	1,258
1974	1,771
1975	560
1976	355
1977	674
1978	959
1979	837
1980	356
1981	883
1982	727
1983	1,646
1984	669
1985	549
1986	918
1987	2,048
1988	796
1989	2,215
1990	1,399
1991	859
1992	1,063
1993	563
1994	700
1995	2,011
1996	1,912
1997	716
1998	1,535
1999	960
2000	1,880
2001	766
2002	1,201
2003	886
2004	827
2005	1,043
2006	833
2007	1,031
2008	1,204
2009	1,015
2010	1,103
2011	808
2012	743
2013	655
2014	788
2015	1,090
2016	961
2017	773
2018	377
2019	1,245
2020	639
2021	270
2022	1,388
2023	1,130
2024	414
2025	1,046
2026	1,456

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Data for records on 1945-03-07: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	262
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1