Weather Records on 4 March 1928

100 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1928. Highest significance: Moose Factory, CA.

Key Facts for 4 March 1928

On 4 March 1928, 100 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 98 daily.
Moose Factory set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 4 March 1928.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

100 stations

100 station records on 4 March 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moose Factory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	343.2 mm (13.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Batlow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala (Tarramia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mulwala Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rennie (Pine View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Collendina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ninyeunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mareeba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tallong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Goorambat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

100 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 March 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 March 1928 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 98.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

81 broken records

Margins by which the 81 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 1928

Top 20 records on 4 March 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1928	Moose Factory, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1928	Moose Factory, CA	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1928	Cairns Post Office, AU	monthly rain	343.2 mm (13.5 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1928	Oxford, GB	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	93 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1928	Fairview Outstation, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	3 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1928	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1928	Escanaba, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1928	Batlow Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1928	Yellowin, AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1928	Mulwala (Tarramia), AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1928	Gannapan, ZA	daily rain	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1928	Plymouth, US	daily low min	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1928	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1928	Watford, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1928	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1928	Mulwala Homestead, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1928	Husum, DE	daily high max	11.4 C (52.5 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1928	Rennie (Pine View), AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1928	Dover, US	daily low min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1928	Port Jervis, US	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	31 years	16 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1928. 1928 had 100 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	73
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1