Weather Records on 5 March 2001

755 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 2001. Highest significance: Georgetown Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 5 March 2001

On 5 March 2001, 755 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
279 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 727 daily.
Georgetown Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 149.4 mm (5.9 in) on 5 March 2001.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

755 stations

755 station records on 5 March 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gardner	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	37.6 cm (14.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Pass 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ilyinskiy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bjorheim I Ryfylke	Norway	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rakhov	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Binghamton	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Irwinton 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clearfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Whittier	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Sahalinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coalinga	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lompoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paskenta Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Calistoga	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portageville 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
S Hero	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Broadalbin	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gibraltar Dam #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	226.8 mm (8.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Allegany	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flamingo Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pt Mugu Nf	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sola	Norway	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Rsch Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koosharem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hatlestrand	Norway	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Panoche 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tavernier	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Candor 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hognestad	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alcove Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.2 cm (12.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nalut	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro de Ortega	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

755 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 167, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 197, Heaviest daily snowfall 114, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 5 March 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	167
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	114
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 5 March 2001 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 24, daily 727.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

633 broken records

Margins by which the 633 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 2001

Top 20 records on 5 March 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 2001	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	103 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
5 March 2001	Bradford Cntrl Fs, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)
5 March 2001	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
5 March 2001	Gardner, US	daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2001	Burlington Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	37.6 cm (14.8 in)	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2001	Moose Pass 3NW, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32.7 cm (12.9 in)	59 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2001	Ilyinskiy, RU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2001	Bjorheim I Ryfylke, NO	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2001	Timiryazevskij, RU	monthly rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2001	Rakhov, UA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2001	San Luis Obispo Poly, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2001	Binghamton, US	daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	17.2 cm (6.8 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2001	Blackville 3 W, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2001	Irwinton 4 WNW, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2001	Clearfield, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2001	Whittier, US	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2001	Juzhno-Sahalinsk, RU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2001	Feodosiia, UA	daily high min	11.4 C (52.5 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	118 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2001	Camp Hill 2NW, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2001	Coalinga, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	47 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2001. 2001 had 755 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 2001-03-05: 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 100	599
100 to 200	26
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	1