Weather Records on 24 March 1942

176 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1942. Highest significance: De Grey, AU.

Key Facts for 24 March 1942

On 24 March 1942, 176 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 170 daily.
De Grey set a daily record precipitation of 144.3 mm (5.7 in) on 24 March 1942.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

176 stations

176 station records on 24 March 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nimingarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgandramine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dinhata	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maryland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yandeearra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Strelley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	280.7 mm (11.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quilon Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Head	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Indee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlers Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tonderburine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Kenny (Yandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Johnburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrulla (Petina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarronvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Head	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah (Gaspard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Courela (Challner)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kondoolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

176 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 89, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 24 March 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	89
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 24 March 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 170.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

142 broken records

Margins by which the 142 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 138.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1942

Top 20 records on 24 March 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1942	De Grey, AU	daily rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	138.5 mm (5.5 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1942	Nimingarra, AU	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1942	Bulgandramine, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1942	Dinhata, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1942	Green Rvr, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1942	Maryland, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1942	Armagh, GB	daily high max	17.1 C (62.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	70 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1942	Plevna, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	4 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1942	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	monthly low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1942	Yandeearra, AU	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1942	Strelley, AU	all-time rain	280.7 mm (11.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1942	Quilon Pwd, IN	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1942	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1942	Garden Head, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	17 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1942	Tg Jiu, RO	daily low min	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	35 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1942	Mahackala, RU	daily low min	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	54 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1942	Holbrook, US	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	43 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1942	Ganca, AZ	daily low min	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1942	Indee, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1942	McKinley, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	40 years	21 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1942. 1942 had 176 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	126
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1