Weather Records on 11 March 1924

265 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 March 1924. Highest significance: Lady Grey (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 11 March 1924

On 11 March 1924, 265 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
3 were record highs and 211 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 261 daily.
Lady Grey (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 11 March 1924.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

265 stations

265 station records on 11 March 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 March 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lock #4	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
West Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond City Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington City Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

265 records

Records set or tied on 11 March 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 113, Heaviest daily rainfall 43, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 11 March 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	113
Heaviest daily rainfall	43
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 11 March 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 261.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

235 broken records

Margins by which the 235 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 March 1924

Top 20 records on 11 March 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 1924	Lady Grey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1924	Hyannis, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1924	Graaff Reinet, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1924	Aliwal North, ZA	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1924	Winterhoek, ZA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1924	Tampa, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1924	Somerset Main Street, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1924	Roodebloem, ZA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1924	Wellwood, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1924	Venterstad, ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1924	Easton, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1924	Schriever, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1924	Lake City 2 E, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1924	Rome, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1924	Bartow 1SE, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	18 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1924	Federal Pt, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	5 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1924	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1924	Biloxi, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1924	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	31 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1924	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	27 years	22 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

1793 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1924. 1924 had 265 records.

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

Records on 03-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1810	3
1814	1
1822	1
1844	1
1845	2
1847	3
1849	1
1850	2
1854	3
1855	1
1858	3
1859	1
1860	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	8
1903	12
1904	7
1905	6
1906	38
1907	7
1908	10
1909	26
1910	19
1911	19
1912	19
1913	22
1914	25
1915	18
1916	29
1917	49
1918	58
1919	39
1920	15
1921	66
1922	42
1923	78
1924	265
1925	264
1926	134
1927	277
1928	119
1929	210
1930	105
1931	273
1932	1,123
1933	300
1934	764
1935	520
1936	356
1937	188
1938	120
1939	569
1940	417
1941	265
1942	225
1943	251
1944	304
1945	262
1946	461
1947	234
1948	2,148
1949	329
1950	671
1951	677
1952	804
1953	330
1954	489
1955	1,103
1956	964
1957	521
1958	441
1959	189
1960	1,115
1961	353
1962	674
1963	440
1964	296
1965	386
1966	539
1967	1,272
1968	519
1969	1,093
1970	389
1971	552
1972	1,320
1973	1,406
1974	956
1975	592
1976	375
1977	1,690
1978	579
1979	891
1980	472
1981	1,539
1982	807
1983	943
1984	743
1985	829
1986	747
1987	596
1988	1,176
1989	1,894
1990	2,496
1991	532
1992	1,083
1993	561
1994	689
1995	1,138
1996	1,339
1997	1,152
1998	2,609
1999	533
2000	1,199
2001	802
2002	736
2003	935
2004	826
2005	988
2006	1,590
2007	830
2008	816
2009	1,195
2010	966
2011	734
2012	868
2013	949
2014	556
2015	897
2016	1,249
2017	483
2018	479
2019	767
2020	605
2021	980
2022	1,203
2023	984
2024	424
2025	699
2026	1,580

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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 10	214
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1