Weather Records on 30 March 1928

209 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 March 1928. Highest significance: Schenley Lock 5, US.

Key Facts for 30 March 1928

On 30 March 1928, 209 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 207 daily.
Schenley Lock 5 set a daily record precipitation of 53.1 mm (2.1 in) on 30 March 1928.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

209 stations

209 station records on 30 March 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 March 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lock #4	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
West Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Demopolis Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Watford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ringtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

209 records

Records set or tied on 30 March 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 118, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 30 March 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 30 March 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 207.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

174 broken records

Margins by which the 174 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 March 1928

Top 20 records on 30 March 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 March 1928	Schenley Lock 5, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1928	Wellsboro, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1928	Findlay Wpcc, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1928	Lock #4, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1928	New Cumberland L/D, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1928	West Newton, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1928	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1928	Middleton (Sar), ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1928	Astoria, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1928	Lock Haven, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1928	Jim Thorpe, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1928	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1928	Plainfield, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1928	Renovo, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1928	Altoona Horseshoe Curv, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1928	Sussex 1 NW, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1928	Zanesville Wwtp, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1928	Huntingdon, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1928	State College, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1928	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	monthly high max	28.0 C (82.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	38 years	31 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

1796 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1928. 1928 had 209 records.

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

Records on 03-30 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1805	1
1808	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	4
1869	1
1872	6
1874	1
1881	4
1882	3
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1890	4
1892	4
1894	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	6
1902	9
1903	8
1904	14
1905	35
1906	9
1907	28
1908	12
1909	18
1910	68
1911	45
1912	25
1913	31
1914	20
1915	78
1916	19
1917	248
1918	29
1919	42
1920	20
1921	32
1922	89
1923	229
1924	215
1925	90
1926	273
1927	80
1928	209
1929	99
1930	215
1931	254
1932	198
1933	382
1934	236
1935	187
1936	881
1937	262
1938	690
1939	305
1940	466
1941	438
1942	257
1943	928
1944	823
1945	676
1946	536
1947	1,000
1948	363
1949	795
1950	616
1951	569
1952	265
1953	432
1954	743
1955	437
1956	500
1957	330
1958	288
1959	398
1960	431
1961	404
1962	578
1963	1,010
1964	1,420
1965	376
1966	759
1967	1,261
1968	736
1969	1,372
1970	1,040
1971	490
1972	384
1973	1,089
1974	895
1975	1,255
1976	619
1977	1,627
1978	1,017
1979	753
1980	762
1981	898
1982	764
1983	624
1984	756
1985	1,331
1986	1,533
1987	1,850
1988	635
1989	1,063
1990	897
1991	821
1992	611
1993	712
1994	767
1995	920
1996	781
1997	911
1998	2,464
1999	708
2000	631
2001	840
2002	878
2003	1,472
2004	1,298
2005	683
2006	689
2007	1,265
2008	1,100
2009	750
2010	933
2011	670
2012	743
2013	691
2014	776
2015	1,194
2016	596
2017	1,267
2018	433
2019	662
2020	464
2021	1,013
2022	576
2023	1,107
2024	431
2025	956
2026	1,210

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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	136
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1