Weather Records on 23 March 1934

689 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1934. Highest significance: Atlantic City Marina, US.

Key Facts for 23 March 1934

On 23 March 1934, 689 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 404 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 688 daily.
Atlantic City Marina set a daily record snowfall of 14.0 cm (5.5 in) on 23 March 1934.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

689 stations

689 station records on 23 March 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenbayne (Baddaginnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn River @ Shepparton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harrietville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park Sf	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Whitfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Barjarg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

689 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 267, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 137, Heaviest daily rainfall 182, Heaviest daily snowfall 48, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 23 March 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	267
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	137
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	48
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 23 March 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 688.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

565 broken records

Margins by which the 565 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1934

Top 20 records on 23 March 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1934	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1934	Warrenbayne (Baddaginnie), AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1934	Goulburn River @ Shepparton, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1934	Dunmurray, ZA	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1934	Harrietville, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1934	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1934	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1934	Bridgeton 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	41 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1934	Strathbogie North, AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1934	Dale Enterprise, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1934	Tewantin Post Office, AU	daily low min	9.3 C (48.7 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1934	Violet Town, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1934	Portland, US	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	58 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1934	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1934	Deer Park Sf, US	daily low min	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	14.4 C (25.9 F)	17 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1934	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1934	Moorestown 4 E, US	monthly low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	42 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1934	Astoria, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1934	Washington, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1934	Eldorado, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	26 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1934. 1934 had 689 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	546
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1