Weather Records on 1 March 1929

181 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 March 1929. Highest significance: La Crosse Wb City, US.

Key Facts for 1 March 1929

On 1 March 1929, 181 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 150 daily.
La Crosse Wb City set a monthly record snow depth of 63.5 cm (25.0 in) on 1 March 1929.
Across 159 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 524 records.

Record Map

181 stations

181 station records on 1 March 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 March 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Koolool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	210.6 mm (8.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	206.2 mm (8.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pimlico	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.9 C (8.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-26.9 C (-16.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongbar (Central Park Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Taos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.4 C (4.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record snow depth	304.8 cm (120.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.2 C (11.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

181 records

Records set or tied on 1 March 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 63, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 1 March 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	63
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 1 March 1929 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 150.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

157 broken records

Margins by which the 157 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 March 1929

Top 20 records on 1 March 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 March 1929	La Crosse Wb City, US	monthly snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
1 March 1929	Koolool, AU	monthly rain	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1929	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1929	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily low min	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	114 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1929	Murwillumbah Post Office, AU	daily rain	210.6 mm (8.3 in)	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1929	Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU	daily rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1929	Spring Hill, AU	monthly rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1929	Cape Moreton Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1929	Cudgen Plantation, AU	daily rain	206.2 mm (8.1 in)	144.2 mm (5.7 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1929	Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa, AU	daily rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1929	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1929	Condong Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1929	Cumbalum (Fairview), AU	daily rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1929	Pimlico, AU	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1929	Guy Fawkes 2, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1929	Coraki Post Office, AU	monthly rain	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1929	Waterloo, US	monthly snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1929	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1929	Dunwich Post Office, AU	daily rain	163.8 mm (6.4 in)	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 March 1929	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)

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

1808 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1929. 1929 had 181 records.

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

Records on 03-01 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1814	1
1817	1
1827	1
1836	2
1844	1
1846	4
1858	1
1859	1
1863	2
1868	1
1870	3
1872	1
1875	4
1876	3
1877	1
1878	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	6
1886	10
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1896	2
1897	2
1898	8
1899	1
1900	7
1901	1
1902	14
1903	11
1904	13
1905	4
1906	30
1907	5
1908	14
1909	19
1910	14
1911	20
1912	64
1913	26
1914	23
1915	21
1916	34
1917	15
1918	16
1919	57
1920	98
1921	411
1922	139
1923	127
1924	44
1925	100
1926	86
1927	203
1928	61
1929	181
1930	90
1931	140
1932	462
1933	94
1934	401
1935	167
1936	232
1937	220
1938	308
1939	565
1940	513
1941	644
1942	391
1943	256
1944	155
1945	178
1946	358
1947	933
1948	893
1949	250
1950	249
1951	564
1952	564
1953	615
1954	893
1955	1,028
1956	523
1957	293
1958	459
1959	463
1960	1,530
1961	548
1962	2,067
1963	532
1964	563
1965	696
1966	575
1967	731
1968	966
1969	439
1970	725
1971	943
1972	1,524
1973	613
1974	954
1975	411
1976	1,612
1977	317
1978	1,065
1979	507
1980	2,040
1981	550
1982	918
1983	1,048
1984	720
1985	676
1986	1,317
1987	2,042
1988	722
1989	924
1990	1,000
1991	926
1992	1,827
1993	1,189
1994	1,339
1995	1,214
1996	641
1997	1,924
1998	957
1999	1,150
2000	1,211
2001	1,081
2002	1,012
2003	756
2004	1,363
2005	1,294
2006	1,376
2007	1,418
2008	887
2009	1,030
2010	890
2011	868
2012	1,776
2013	782
2014	1,149
2015	1,279
2016	622
2017	1,212
2018	1,197
2019	747
2020	494
2021	824
2022	1,096
2023	1,232
2024	642
2025	841
2026	1,153

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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 100	141
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2