Weather Records on 28 March 1929

236 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 1929. Highest significance: Sfax El-Maou, TN.

Key Facts for 28 March 1929

On 28 March 1929, 236 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 225 daily.
Sfax El-Maou set a daily record precipitation of 54.0 mm (2.1 in) on 28 March 1929.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

236 stations

236 station records on 28 March 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toowoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cooyar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwood Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jandowae Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bindango	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pratten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stanwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wallumbilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Muckadilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

236 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 28 March 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 March 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 225.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

204 broken records

Margins by which the 204 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 March 1929

Top 20 records on 28 March 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 1929	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1929	Meeker 5 W, US	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1929	Crows Nest, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1929	Warwick Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1929	Clifton Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1929	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1929	Norman 3SSE, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1929	Toowoomba, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1929	Duaringa Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1929	Cooyar Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1929	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1929	Jondaryan Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1929	Dingo Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1929	Goodwood Rail STN, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1929	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1929	Allora Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1929	Jandowae Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1929	Bindango, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1929	Pittsworth, AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1929	Maryland, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	50 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

1805 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1929. 1929 had 236 records.

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

Records on 03-28 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1808	2
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1861	1
1862	3
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1870	1
1872	2
1876	2
1878	3
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1890	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	8
1902	25
1903	15
1904	9
1905	45
1906	14
1907	26
1908	11
1909	7
1910	38
1911	21
1912	23
1913	28
1914	46
1915	49
1916	36
1917	44
1918	20
1919	62
1920	55
1921	79
1922	44
1923	308
1924	153
1925	124
1926	222
1927	70
1928	266
1929	236
1930	209
1931	469
1932	459
1933	193
1934	480
1935	117
1936	362
1937	576
1938	396
1939	287
1940	319
1941	255
1942	417
1943	347
1944	994
1945	719
1946	838
1947	943
1948	172
1949	316
1950	377
1951	437
1952	313
1953	303
1954	534
1955	1,111
1956	473
1957	272
1958	371
1959	385
1960	555
1961	521
1962	636
1963	1,090
1964	433
1965	517
1966	584
1967	360
1968	703
1969	630
1970	848
1971	901
1972	447
1973	670
1974	614
1975	1,996
1976	486
1977	1,254
1978	687
1979	614
1980	1,014
1981	793
1982	1,186
1983	1,014
1984	898
1985	1,449
1986	1,394
1987	1,000
1988	546
1989	2,125
1990	916
1991	1,254
1992	789
1993	987
1994	1,201
1995	988
1996	1,269
1997	591
1998	1,719
1999	839
2000	648
2001	1,081
2002	987
2003	641
2004	1,062
2005	853
2006	730
2007	1,560
2008	924
2009	1,154
2010	559
2011	913
2012	781
2013	1,008
2014	885
2015	1,329
2016	547
2017	516
2018	799
2019	457
2020	879
2021	569
2022	1,260
2023	965
2024	334
2025	1,058
2026	1,442

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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 10	128
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	16
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1