Weather Records on 30 March 1929

99 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 March 1929. Highest significance: Fort Macleod, CA.

Key Facts for 30 March 1929

On 30 March 1929, 99 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 95 daily.
Fort Macleod set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 30 March 1929.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

99 stations

99 station records on 30 March 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 March 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Matjiesfontein (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yantabulla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Topar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hinton 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fraserburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

99 records

Records set or tied on 30 March 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 10.

Records on 30 March 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 March 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 95.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

68 broken records

Margins by which the 68 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 March 1929

Top 20 records on 30 March 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 March 1929	Fort Macleod, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1929	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	monthly high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1929	Newport, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1929	Little Mtn, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1929	Galway, IE	monthly high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1929	Raymond Terrace Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1929	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1929	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high min	5.5 C (41.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	54 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1929	Fort Macleod, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1929	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1929	Maryville 2E, US	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1929	Matjiesfontein (Sar), ZA	daily rain	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	49 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1929	Chilliwack, CA	daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1929	Glasgow #2, US	daily rain	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1929	Clarence Town (Grey St), AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1929	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1929	Armagh, GB	monthly high max	19.6 C (67.3 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1929	Haskell, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1929	Newberry, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1929	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	38 years	17 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 99 records.

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

Records on 03-30 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1805	1
1808	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	4
1869	1
1872	6
1874	1
1881	4
1882	3
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1890	4
1892	4
1894	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	6
1902	9
1903	8
1904	14
1905	35
1906	9
1907	28
1908	12
1909	18
1910	68
1911	45
1912	25
1913	31
1914	20
1915	78
1916	19
1917	248
1918	29
1919	42
1920	20
1921	32
1922	89
1923	229
1924	215
1925	90
1926	273
1927	80
1928	209
1929	99
1930	215
1931	254
1932	198
1933	382
1934	236
1935	187
1936	881
1937	262
1938	690
1939	305
1940	466
1941	438
1942	257
1943	928
1944	823
1945	676
1946	536
1947	1,000
1948	363
1949	795
1950	616
1951	569
1952	265
1953	432
1954	743
1955	437
1956	500
1957	330
1958	288
1959	398
1960	431
1961	404
1962	578
1963	1,010
1964	1,420
1965	376
1966	759
1967	1,261
1968	736
1969	1,372
1970	1,040
1971	490
1972	384
1973	1,089
1974	895
1975	1,255
1976	619
1977	1,627
1978	1,017
1979	753
1980	762
1981	898
1982	764
1983	624
1984	756
1985	1,331
1986	1,533
1987	1,850
1988	635
1989	1,063
1990	897
1991	821
1992	611
1993	712
1994	767
1995	920
1996	781
1997	911
1998	2,464
1999	708
2000	631
2001	840
2002	878
2003	1,472
2004	1,298
2005	683
2006	689
2007	1,265
2008	1,100
2009	750
2010	933
2011	670
2012	743
2013	691
2014	776
2015	1,194
2016	596
2017	1,267
2018	433
2019	662
2020	464
2021	1,013
2022	576
2023	1,107
2024	431
2025	956
2026	1,210

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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	60
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1