Weather Records on 23 March 1930

135 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1930. Highest significance: Menasha, US.

Key Facts for 23 March 1930

On 23 March 1930, 135 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 131 daily.
Menasha set a daily record snowfall of 16.5 cm (6.5 in) on 23 March 1930.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

135 stations

135 station records on 23 March 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Menasha	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grand River Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cookhouse (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mission	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meadow Valley Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling (1)	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Blacksburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

135 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 55, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 23 March 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	55
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 23 March 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 131.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

110 broken records

Margins by which the 110 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 211.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1930

Top 20 records on 23 March 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1930	Menasha, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1930	Fond du Lac Wwtp, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1930	Pine River 3 NE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	3 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1930	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1930	Grand River Lock, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1930	Cookhouse (Sar), ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1930	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1930	St Augustine, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1930	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1930	Stevens Pt, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1930	Kokstad, ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1930	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1930	Medford, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1930	Treherne, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1930	Old Mission, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1930	Hillsboro, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1930	Eau Claire, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1930	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1930	Chita, RU	monthly rain	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1930	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	16 years	20 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1930. 1930 had 135 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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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 50	100
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1