Weather Records on 24 March 1930

82 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1930. Highest significance: Princeton, CA.

Key Facts for 24 March 1930

On 24 March 1930, 82 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 74 daily.
Princeton set a daily record snowfall of 16.5 cm (6.5 in) on 24 March 1930.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

82 stations

82 station records on 24 March 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Princeton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shortsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ritzville 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside Fire STN 3	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wenatchee 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Welgelegen(Middlemnt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fairview Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mission	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

82 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 39, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 24 March 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	39
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 24 March 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 74.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

66 broken records

Margins by which the 66 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1930

Top 20 records on 24 March 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1930	Princeton, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1930	Shortsville, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1930	Anacortes, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1930	Steveston, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1930	Eustis 2 S, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1930	Kissimmee, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1930	Portage Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1930	Orlando Executive AP, US	monthly rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	3 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1930	Princeton, CA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1930	Ellensburg, US	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1930	Olga 2 SE, US	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1930	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1930	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	monthly rain	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1930	Oskaloosa, US	daily snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1930	Kamloops, CA	daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1930	Viljujsk, RU	monthly rain	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1930	San Bernardino F S 226, US	monthly high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	6 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1930	Ritzville 1 SSE, US	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1930	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1930	Santa Barbara, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	33 years	18 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

1794 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1930. 1930 had 82 records.

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

Records on 03-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1847	1
1850	2
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1874	2
1876	1
1877	3
1879	2
1882	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	20
1896	10
1897	7
1898	6
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	11
1903	33
1904	8
1905	13
1906	24
1907	31
1908	20
1909	25
1910	40
1911	4
1912	23
1913	83
1914	36
1915	24
1916	29
1917	27
1918	20
1919	22
1920	53
1921	41
1922	31
1923	94
1924	65
1925	76
1926	328
1927	129
1928	277
1929	554
1930	82
1931	102
1932	240
1933	206
1934	731
1935	219
1936	346
1937	336
1938	449
1939	554
1940	1,504
1941	258
1942	176
1943	210
1944	367
1945	699
1946	212
1947	394
1948	321
1949	324
1950	383
1951	373
1952	779
1953	955
1954	489
1955	1,227
1956	607
1957	533
1958	440
1959	171
1960	855
1961	359
1962	343
1963	499
1964	1,094
1965	1,994
1966	633
1967	893
1968	1,217
1969	1,057
1970	219
1971	638
1972	466
1973	728
1974	1,667
1975	926
1976	448
1977	454
1978	508
1979	1,058
1980	506
1981	900
1982	559
1983	1,118
1984	487
1985	418
1986	987
1987	962
1988	1,165
1989	1,072
1990	1,537
1991	919
1992	760
1993	1,210
1994	1,379
1995	1,287
1996	873
1997	779
1998	1,222
1999	522
2000	780
2001	921
2002	598
2003	693
2004	1,338
2005	864
2006	1,162
2007	1,963
2008	1,368
2009	920
2010	647
2011	888
2012	1,631
2013	1,670
2014	948
2015	597
2016	737
2017	651
2018	817
2019	361
2020	575
2021	1,018
2022	881
2023	1,538
2024	820
2025	1,207
2026	2,004

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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	56
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1