Weather Records on 29 March 1924

272 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 1924. Highest significance: Green Bay, US.

Key Facts for 29 March 1924

On 29 March 1924, 272 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 264 daily.
Green Bay set a daily record snowfall of 24.9 cm (9.8 in) on 29 March 1924.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

272 stations

272 station records on 29 March 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alta	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Metcalfe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

272 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 172, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 29 March 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 29 March 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 264.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

241 broken records

Margins by which the 241 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 351.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 1924

Top 20 records on 29 March 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 1924	Green Bay, US	daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	21.9 cm (8.6 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1924	Hartington, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1924	Collegeville St John's, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1924	Eau Claire, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1924	Arad, RO	monthly rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1924	Minneapolis Wb Dwtn, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1924	Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1924	Edmonton, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.9 cm (5.1 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1924	Farmington 3NW, US	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1924	Granville, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1924	Milbank 4 NW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1924	Delphi 2 N, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1924	Alta, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1924	Halden, NO	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1924	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1924	Bellefontaine, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1924	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1924	Rowlesburg 1, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1924	Oregon, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1924	Morgantown 1, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	30 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

1805 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1924. 1924 had 272 records.

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

Records on 03-29 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1808	1
1822	2
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	3
1862	3
1865	5
1866	1
1869	1
1872	5
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	3
1890	11
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	6
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	11
1902	35
1903	7
1904	15
1905	48
1906	12
1907	41
1908	2
1909	11
1910	46
1911	23
1912	36
1913	21
1914	11
1915	54
1916	18
1917	38
1918	29
1919	47
1920	45
1921	49
1922	30
1923	304
1924	272
1925	92
1926	258
1927	71
1928	183
1929	99
1930	169
1931	336
1932	165
1933	288
1934	261
1935	115
1936	555
1937	550
1938	556
1939	297
1940	252
1941	310
1942	397
1943	561
1944	1,331
1945	722
1946	730
1947	935
1948	292
1949	321
1950	465
1951	510
1952	356
1953	268
1954	828
1955	635
1956	435
1957	249
1958	401
1959	526
1960	311
1961	463
1962	555
1963	1,341
1964	947
1965	450
1966	730
1967	877
1968	895
1969	1,260
1970	1,043
1971	610
1972	629
1973	905
1974	643
1975	1,571
1976	496
1977	1,554
1978	759
1979	640
1980	815
1981	982
1982	801
1983	657
1984	1,103
1985	1,576
1986	1,553
1987	1,674
1988	657
1989	1,359
1990	705
1991	1,027
1992	633
1993	830
1994	910
1995	1,074
1996	814
1997	679
1998	1,769
1999	625
2000	795
2001	793
2002	1,234
2003	841
2004	1,426
2005	744
2006	720
2007	1,450
2008	906
2009	1,199
2010	915
2011	685
2012	652
2013	762
2014	554
2015	1,786
2016	565
2017	907
2018	462
2019	434
2020	853
2021	674
2022	841
2023	1,076
2024	304
2025	1,168
2026	1,467

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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 50	228
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1