Weather Records on 4 March 1929

252 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 March 1929. Highest significance: Montgomery Wb City, US.

Key Facts for 4 March 1929

On 4 March 1929, 252 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
132 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 243 daily.
Montgomery Wb City set a daily record precipitation of 137.9 mm (5.4 in) on 4 March 1929.
Across 167 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

252 stations

252 station records on 4 March 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 March 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McDonald	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Norfolk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Aar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

252 records

Records set or tied on 4 March 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 81, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 4 March 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	81
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 4 March 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 243.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

203 broken records

Margins by which the 203 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 March 1929

Top 20 records on 4 March 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 March 1929	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1929	Waterloo, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1929	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1929	Talbotton, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1929	Trenton 1 NNE, US	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1929	Magdeburg, DE	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1929	Zerbst, DE	daily snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1929	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1929	Marshalltown, US	daily snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
4 March 1929	Newberry, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1929	Greiz-Dolau, DE	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1929	Bay Saint Louis, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1929	Marble Hill, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1929	Goodwater, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1929	Thomasville, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1929	Mackay Post Office, AU	monthly high max	35.9 C (96.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1929	Mount McDonald, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1929	Cottbus, DE	monthly snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1929	Houma, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
4 March 1929	Henichesk, UA	daily low min	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	43 years	23 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1929. 1929 had 252 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 200	200
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1