Weather Records on 5 March 2026

992 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 2026. Highest significance: Zaragoza Aeropuerto, ES.

Key Facts for 5 March 2026

On 5 March 2026, 992 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
789 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 973 daily.
Zaragoza Aeropuerto set a daily record precipitation of 38.4 mm (1.5 in) on 5 March 2026.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

992 stations

992 station records on 5 March 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zaragoza Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Wills Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.1 mm (6.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Dixon Springs Agric Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Licking 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
S Fork Shields	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tizer Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Valladolid (Villanubla)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yakataga AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bud 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Robinson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sabana Grande 2 ENE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-37.3 C (-35.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Augustine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Augustine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warm Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Merluna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.4 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kununurra Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lahs	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bilpin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ittoqqortoormiit	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Allentown Lehigh Vly Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mataranka Homestead Resort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.6 C (-41.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rasht	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Friendship	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haleyville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

992 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 404, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 385, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 171, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 5 March 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	404
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	385
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 5 March 2026 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 973.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

821 broken records

Margins by which the 821 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 2026

Top 20 records on 5 March 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 2026	Zaragoza Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
5 March 2026	Wills Pt, US	monthly rain	152.1 mm (6.0 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	80 years	70 of 100 (Major)
5 March 2026	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	116 years	68 of 100 (Major)
5 March 2026	Dixon Springs Agric Ctr, US	monthly rain	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2026	De Soto, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2026	Licking 4N, US	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	21 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2026	Perryville Wtp, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2026	Salem, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2026	S Fork Shields, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2026	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	128 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2026	Tizer Basin, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2026	Salem, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2026	Valladolid (Villanubla), ES	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2026	Centralia, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2026	Yakataga AP, US	daily low max	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2026	Daly Waters AWS, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2026	Buffalo 2N, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2026	Red Bud 2 S, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2026	Rolla Missouri S&T, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	128 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 2026	Marble Hill, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	87 years	46 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2026. 2026 had 992 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 2026-03-05: 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	761
10 to 20	25
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	2