Weather Records on 29 March 1948

292 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 1948. Highest significance: Odendaalsrus, ZA.

Key Facts for 29 March 1948

On 29 March 1948, 292 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
78 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 290 daily.
Odendaalsrus set a daily record precipitation of 72.1 mm (2.8 in) on 29 March 1948.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

292 stations

292 station records on 29 March 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Odendaalsrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wonderfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roodekuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sibasa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Philipsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Premaydena Hatchery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Geeveston Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Villiers (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Canguaretama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leeukop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Griffin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Allakaket	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gajapathinagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ghorajheri	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Midland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Suolovuopmi	Norway	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manjimup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huntly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerusalem St. Anne	Israel	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Spring 1 ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

292 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 29 March 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 29 March 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 290.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

220 broken records

Margins by which the 220 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 1948

Top 20 records on 29 March 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 1948	Odendaalsrus, ZA	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1948	Wonderfontein (Skl), ZA	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1948	Silver Lake, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1948	Moe Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1948	Pet Jorhat, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1948	Roodekuil, ZA	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1948	Olaa 92, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1948	Sibasa, ZA	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1948	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	74 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1948	Port Arthur, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1948	Roodepoort, ZA	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1948	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1948	Philipsburg, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1948	Premaydena Hatchery, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1948	Umea, SE	daily high max	12.4 C (54.3 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1948	Geeveston Police Station, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1948	Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road), AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1948	Reitz 36, ZA	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1948	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1948	Gordon Downs, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	25 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

1805 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1948. 1948 had 292 records.

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

Records on 03-29 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1808	1
1822	2
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	3
1862	3
1865	5
1866	1
1869	1
1872	5
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	3
1890	11
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	6
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	11
1902	35
1903	7
1904	15
1905	48
1906	12
1907	41
1908	2
1909	11
1910	46
1911	23
1912	36
1913	21
1914	11
1915	54
1916	18
1917	38
1918	29
1919	47
1920	45
1921	49
1922	30
1923	304
1924	272
1925	92
1926	258
1927	71
1928	183
1929	99
1930	169
1931	336
1932	165
1933	288
1934	261
1935	115
1936	555
1937	550
1938	556
1939	297
1940	252
1941	310
1942	397
1943	561
1944	1,331
1945	722
1946	730
1947	935
1948	292
1949	321
1950	465
1951	510
1952	356
1953	268
1954	828
1955	635
1956	435
1957	249
1958	401
1959	526
1960	311
1961	463
1962	555
1963	1,341
1964	947
1965	450
1966	730
1967	877
1968	895
1969	1,260
1970	1,043
1971	610
1972	629
1973	905
1974	643
1975	1,571
1976	496
1977	1,554
1978	759
1979	640
1980	815
1981	982
1982	801
1983	657
1984	1,103
1985	1,576
1986	1,553
1987	1,674
1988	657
1989	1,359
1990	705
1991	1,027
1992	633
1993	830
1994	910
1995	1,074
1996	814
1997	679
1998	1,769
1999	625
2000	795
2001	793
2002	1,234
2003	841
2004	1,426
2005	744
2006	720
2007	1,450
2008	906
2009	1,199
2010	915
2011	685
2012	652
2013	762
2014	554
2015	1,786
2016	565
2017	907
2018	462
2019	434
2020	853
2021	674
2022	841
2023	1,076
2024	304
2025	1,168
2026	1,467

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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	218
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1