Weather Records on 18 March 1929

106 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 1929. Highest significance: Boorolong, AU.

Key Facts for 18 March 1929

On 18 March 1929, 106 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 104 daily.
Boorolong set a daily record precipitation of 41.7 mm (1.6 in) on 18 March 1929.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

106 stations

106 station records on 18 March 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 March 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boorolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dinmore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Point Amour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwood Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
New Angledool Telephone Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Redbank Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jumping Sand Hill Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dandenong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bannockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Creswick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

106 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 55, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 18 March 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	55
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 18 March 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 104.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

93 broken records

Margins by which the 93 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 1929

Top 20 records on 18 March 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 1929	Boorolong, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1929	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1929	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1929	Indooroopilly Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1929	Moose Factory, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1929	Tabulam Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1929	Westwood Store, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1929	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1929	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1929	Bowraville Recreation Club, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1929	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1929	Dinmore Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1929	Spring Bluff Railway STN, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1929	Dalveen, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1929	Biggenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1929	Zillmere Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1929	Stanthorpe Leslie Parade, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1929	Tasiilaq, GL	monthly high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1929	Goodna Ampol, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1929	Point Amour, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	37 years	21 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

1806 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1929. 1929 had 106 records.

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

Records on 03-18 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	1
1814	1
1831	1
1836	1
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	5
1853	2
1859	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	3
1876	1
1881	1
1882	3
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	10
1897	14
1898	5
1899	8
1900	14
1901	2
1902	9
1903	22
1904	9
1905	19
1906	13
1907	11
1908	8
1909	9
1910	12
1911	17
1912	16
1913	24
1914	32
1915	30
1916	73
1917	45
1918	32
1919	25
1920	39
1921	66
1922	39
1923	262
1924	96
1925	145
1926	251
1927	376
1928	301
1929	106
1930	261
1931	167
1932	212
1933	244
1934	375
1935	87
1936	699
1937	296
1938	304
1939	750
1940	444
1941	954
1942	382
1943	603
1944	321
1945	751
1946	492
1947	328
1948	296
1949	292
1950	1,042
1951	582
1952	474
1953	218
1954	355
1955	469
1956	363
1957	374
1958	347
1959	392
1960	585
1961	579
1962	284
1963	665
1964	348
1965	1,584
1966	540
1967	1,396
1968	915
1969	601
1970	533
1971	405
1972	1,028
1973	716
1974	694
1975	614
1976	538
1977	684
1978	1,003
1979	894
1980	588
1981	570
1982	1,284
1983	1,225
1984	446
1985	731
1986	626
1987	933
1988	1,001
1989	1,147
1990	1,478
1991	706
1992	789
1993	1,683
1994	960
1995	833
1996	518
1997	1,024
1998	1,144
1999	1,051
2000	524
2001	841
2002	1,562
2003	1,425
2004	1,232
2005	1,178
2006	551
2007	1,330
2008	1,066
2009	776
2010	678
2011	993
2012	3,348
2013	783
2014	701
2015	943
2016	675
2017	1,183
2018	921
2019	666
2020	672
2021	562
2022	476
2023	890
2024	843
2025	728
2026	2,870

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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	77
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1