Weather Records on 2 March 2010

859 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 March 2010. Highest significance: Mitchell Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 2 March 2010

On 2 March 2010, 859 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
210 were record highs and 158 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 794 daily.
Mitchell Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 165.6 mm (6.5 in) on 2 March 2010.
Across 163 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 511 records.

Record Map

859 stations

859 station records on 2 March 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 March 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Victoria Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.6 mm (5.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cecil Plains Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Glenmorgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wallen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Quilpie Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Confluence 1 SW Dam	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Faulkton	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Keeroongooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kahmoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Waverley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mungallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nindigully	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cheepie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Turallin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Warkon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bollon Mary St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.3 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Goombie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hereward	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eumarella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wallumbilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.8 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Charleville Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.4 mm (5.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Whyenbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.8 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jimma	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meyersdale 2 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	124.5 cm (49.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blackbutt Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jandowae Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beau Maison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woleebee Nevasa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pechey Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yarraman Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Brookstead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barakula Forest STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ourigilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rosehill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Royal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cheriton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lowan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.6 mm (7.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

859 records

Records set or tied on 2 March 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 355, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 126.

Records on 2 March 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	355
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	126

Records on 2 March 2010 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 50, daily 794.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

731 broken records

Margins by which the 731 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 712.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 March 2010

Top 20 records on 2 March 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 March 2010	Mitchell Post Office, AU	monthly rain	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	101 years	76 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2010	Crows Nest, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	105 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2010	Victoria Downs, AU	monthly rain	139.6 mm (5.5 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	99 years	69 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2010	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	101 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2010	Morven Post Office, AU	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	119 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2010	Uniontown 1 NE, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	104 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2010	Cecil Plains Homestead, AU	daily rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	115 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2010	Glenmorgan Post Office, AU	all-time rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2010	Wallen, AU	all-time rain	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2010	Quilpie Airport, AU	daily rain	107.6 mm (4.2 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2010	Confluence 1 SW Dam, US	daily snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2010	Goombungee Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2010	South Comongin, AU	all-time rain	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2010	Faulkton, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	92 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2010	Keeroongooloo, AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2010	Kahmoo, AU	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2010	Waverley Downs, AU	all-time rain	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2010	Millmerran Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	104 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2010	Surat, AU	all-time rain	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	109 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 March 2010	Yuleba Garden St, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	97 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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

1802 to 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2010. 2010 had 859 records.

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

Records on 03-02 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1814	1
1836	1
1845	1
1846	2
1848	1
1852	1
1854	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1866	2
1868	3
1869	1
1870	3
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1881	1
1882	1
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	1
1892	1
1893	11
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	4
1900	12
1901	5
1902	7
1903	5
1904	10
1905	7
1906	22
1907	4
1908	16
1909	19
1910	11
1911	13
1912	57
1913	32
1914	36
1915	20
1916	65
1917	37
1918	22
1919	23
1920	85
1921	241
1922	73
1923	219
1924	50
1925	220
1926	85
1927	152
1928	75
1929	191
1930	133
1931	250
1932	371
1933	89
1934	364
1935	198
1936	441
1937	162
1938	415
1939	222
1940	522
1941	507
1942	261
1943	912
1944	249
1945	494
1946	290
1947	878
1948	744
1949	196
1950	441
1951	801
1952	794
1953	731
1954	491
1955	647
1956	510
1957	282
1958	247
1959	310
1960	1,650
1961	768
1962	1,155
1963	518
1964	679
1965	687
1966	583
1967	644
1968	629
1969	417
1970	887
1971	1,033
1972	1,713
1973	522
1974	1,474
1975	399
1976	1,903
1977	384
1978	1,272
1979	728
1980	2,905
1981	534
1982	924
1983	1,518
1984	566
1985	733
1986	1,075
1987	1,370
1988	833
1989	1,395
1990	826
1991	1,512
1992	1,852
1993	906
1994	1,540
1995	1,382
1996	541
1997	2,594
1998	687
1999	1,176
2000	1,093
2001	1,373
2002	1,466
2003	709
2004	1,064
2005	966
2006	1,017
2007	1,726
2008	889
2009	1,498
2010	859
2011	664
2012	933
2013	795
2014	1,545
2015	933
2016	652
2017	565
2018	816
2019	901
2020	538
2021	529
2022	1,017
2023	1,094
2024	886
2025	708
2026	1,163

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Data for records on 2010-03-02: 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	680
100 to 200	30
200 to 300	10
300 to 400	7
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1
700 to 800	1