Weather Records on 24 March 1943

210 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1943. Highest significance: Exwell Park, ZA.

Key Facts for 24 March 1943

On 24 March 1943, 210 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 204 daily.
Exwell Park set a daily record precipitation of 52.1 mm (2.1 in) on 24 March 1943.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

210 stations

210 station records on 24 March 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Exwell Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karnah	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manamathurai	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aruppukottai	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record snow depth	226.0 cm (89.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ettumanur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Parli	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barkola	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Munday	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Terrace	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umtata	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kottayam P.W.D	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pemberton Meadows	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alix	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Virudhunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kulasekarapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-28.1 C (-18.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bohemia Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

210 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 80, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 24 March 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	80
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 24 March 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 204.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

165 broken records

Margins by which the 165 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 480.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1943

Top 20 records on 24 March 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1943	Exwell Park, ZA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1943	Denton 2 SE, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1943	Lady Frere (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1943	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1943	Karnah, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1943	Manamathurai, IN	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1943	Aruppukottai, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1943	Elliot, ZA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1943	Coleman, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1943	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily high min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1943	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily snow depth	226.0 cm (89.0 in)	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1943	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1943	Waurika, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1943	Ettumanur, IN	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1943	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1943	Ironwood, US	daily snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1943	Parli, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1943	Barkola, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1943	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1943	Munday, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	23 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1943. 1943 had 210 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 100	161
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2