Weather Records on 7 March 1929

103 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 March 1929. Highest significance: Pembroke Eddy Match, CA.

Key Facts for 7 March 1929

On 7 March 1929, 103 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 101 daily.
Pembroke Eddy Match set a daily record snowfall of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 7 March 1929.
Across 171 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

103 stations

103 station records on 7 March 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 March 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	254.0 cm (100.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record snow depth	165.1 cm (65.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hay River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-47.2 C (-53.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Norway House	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
McGregor (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

103 records

Records set or tied on 7 March 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 32, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 7 March 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	32
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 7 March 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 101.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

82 broken records

Margins by which the 82 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2362.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 March 1929

Top 20 records on 7 March 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 March 1929	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1929	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1929	Zerbst, DE	daily snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1929	Ames 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	254.0 cm (100.0 in)	236.2 cm (93.0 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1929	Greiz-Dolau, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1929	Waterloo, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1929	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	daily snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1929	Ladismith (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1929	Plauen, DE	daily snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1929	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1929	Portage Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1929	Rutherglen, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1929	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1929	Cottbus, DE	daily snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	39 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1929	Durham, GB	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1929	Durham, GB	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1929	Minnedosa, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1929	Magdeburg, DE	daily snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1929	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1929	Vilnius, LT	daily low min	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	28 years	22 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1929. 1929 had 103 records.

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

Records on 03-07 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	1
1808	1
1813	1
1818	1
1822	1
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1840	1
1845	2
1849	2
1850	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	3
1865	1
1868	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	5
1895	4
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	5
1900	2
1901	6
1902	2
1903	4
1904	16
1905	5
1906	27
1907	7
1908	13
1909	57
1910	95
1911	26
1912	16
1913	101
1914	20
1915	22
1916	82
1917	54
1918	28
1919	39
1920	273
1921	86
1922	77
1923	91
1924	86
1925	273
1926	175
1927	155
1928	69
1929	103
1930	161
1931	384
1932	737
1933	152
1934	302
1935	274
1936	122
1937	258
1938	72
1939	255
1940	273
1941	333
1942	398
1943	1,024
1944	508
1945	318
1946	643
1947	448
1948	335
1949	452
1950	558
1951	1,098
1952	277
1953	351
1954	330
1955	462
1956	1,169
1957	428
1958	947
1959	238
1960	1,388
1961	614
1962	608
1963	363
1964	837
1965	300
1966	367
1967	998
1968	1,085
1969	650
1970	690
1971	664
1972	949
1973	1,258
1974	1,771
1975	560
1976	355
1977	674
1978	959
1979	837
1980	356
1981	883
1982	727
1983	1,646
1984	669
1985	549
1986	918
1987	2,048
1988	796
1989	2,215
1990	1,399
1991	859
1992	1,063
1993	563
1994	700
1995	2,011
1996	1,912
1997	716
1998	1,535
1999	960
2000	1,880
2001	766
2002	1,201
2003	886
2004	827
2005	1,043
2006	833
2007	1,031
2008	1,204
2009	1,015
2010	1,103
2011	808
2012	743
2013	655
2014	788
2015	1,090
2016	961
2017	773
2018	377
2019	1,245
2020	639
2021	270
2022	1,388
2023	1,130
2024	414
2025	1,046
2026	1,456

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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 500	81
500 to 1000	0
1000 to 1500	0
1500 to 2000	0
2000 to 2500	1