Weather Records on 4 March 1924

139 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1924. Highest significance: Wellwood, AU.

Key Facts for 4 March 1924

On 4 March 1924, 139 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 135 daily.
Wellwood set a daily record precipitation of 43.7 mm (1.7 in) on 4 March 1924.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

139 stations

139 station records on 4 March 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wandary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goorimpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gysinge	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orange 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Murrawombi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Dee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coolamon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Panban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Woodlands 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cadia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Eurongilly (Bundaleer)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Canoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

139 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1924 by type: Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 106, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 4 March 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	106
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 4 March 1924 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 135.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

123 broken records

Margins by which the 123 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 1924

Top 20 records on 4 March 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1924	Wellwood, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1924	Scottsboro, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1924	Burra Burra, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1924	Parramatta, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1924	Vryburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1924	Yarroweyah, AU	all-time rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	5 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1924	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1924	Wandary, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1924	Richmond C/K (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1924	Valley Head, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1924	Halden, NO	monthly snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1924	Portage Wwtp, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1924	Prairie du Chien, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1924	Goorimpa, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1924	Moyston, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1924	Husum, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1924	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1924	Gysinge, SE	monthly rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1924	Mount Wedge, AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1924	Queenstown, ZA	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	20 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

1801 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1924. 1924 had 139 records.

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

Records on 03-04 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1804	1
1810	1
1814	1
1816	1
1817	1
1837	1
1842	1
1843	1
1845	5
1846	1
1851	1
1852	2
1853	1
1857	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	6
1881	5
1882	2
1884	1
1886	3
1888	4
1889	3
1890	7
1891	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	11
1897	2
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	18
1904	8
1905	8
1906	14
1907	13
1908	15
1909	23
1910	7
1911	6
1912	46
1913	23
1914	27
1915	27
1916	37
1917	51
1918	79
1919	162
1920	76
1921	99
1922	59
1923	206
1924	139
1925	272
1926	144
1927	132
1928	100
1929	252
1930	148
1931	295
1932	341
1933	357
1934	402
1935	528
1936	171
1937	336
1938	628
1939	278
1940	242
1941	278
1942	266
1943	1,123
1944	564
1945	465
1946	679
1947	407
1948	698
1949	299
1950	638
1951	740
1952	747
1953	540
1954	528
1955	1,317
1956	504
1957	294
1958	414
1959	743
1960	2,289
1961	773
1962	536
1963	502
1964	677
1965	855
1966	1,050
1967	359
1968	1,100
1969	252
1970	332
1971	1,217
1972	632
1973	569
1974	1,456
1975	514
1976	1,696
1977	1,240
1978	1,905
1979	1,100
1980	742
1981	742
1982	758
1983	2,210
1984	671
1985	1,118
1986	1,113
1987	1,577
1988	924
1989	1,369
1990	738
1991	1,343
1992	1,283
1993	749
1994	959
1995	1,062
1996	727
1997	1,013
1998	1,720
1999	990
2000	878
2001	762
2002	2,015
2003	861
2004	1,092
2005	782
2006	711
2007	779
2008	919
2009	1,460
2010	517
2011	682
2012	755
2013	708
2014	1,792
2015	577
2016	748
2017	571
2018	645
2019	2,178
2020	873
2021	492
2022	516
2023	807
2024	1,328
2025	695
2026	747

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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 20	110
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1