Weather Records on 28 March 1949

316 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 1949. Highest significance: Woodburn Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 28 March 1949

On 28 March 1949, 316 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
129 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 296 daily.
Woodburn Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 120.7 mm (4.8 in) on 28 March 1949.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

316 stations

316 station records on 28 March 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Paragonah	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Franklinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newnham (Rocherlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bennington 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

316 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 99, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 79, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 28 March 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	99
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	79
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 28 March 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 296.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

239 broken records

Margins by which the 239 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 March 1949

Top 20 records on 28 March 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 1949	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1949	Paragonah, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1949	Sandy Creek Tank, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1949	Nimbin Post Office, AU	daily rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1949	Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm), AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1949	Moorland (Denro-An), AU	daily rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1949	Grand Junction Walker Fld, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1949	Kyogle Post Office, AU	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1949	Williams, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1949	Fruita, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	55 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1949	Bottineau, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1949	Boonton 1 SE, US	monthly high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	51 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1949	Layton 3 NW, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	42 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1949	Carmel, US	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1949	Hyannis, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1949	Newton, US	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1949	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily low max	24.9 C (76.8 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	57 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1949	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1949	Sussex 1 NW, US	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1949	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	29 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1949. 1949 had 316 records.

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

Records on 03-28 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1808	2
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1861	1
1862	3
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1870	1
1872	2
1876	2
1878	3
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1890	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	8
1902	25
1903	15
1904	9
1905	45
1906	14
1907	26
1908	11
1909	7
1910	38
1911	21
1912	23
1913	28
1914	46
1915	49
1916	36
1917	44
1918	20
1919	62
1920	55
1921	79
1922	44
1923	308
1924	153
1925	124
1926	222
1927	70
1928	266
1929	236
1930	209
1931	469
1932	459
1933	193
1934	480
1935	117
1936	362
1937	576
1938	396
1939	287
1940	319
1941	255
1942	417
1943	347
1944	994
1945	719
1946	838
1947	943
1948	172
1949	316
1950	377
1951	437
1952	313
1953	303
1954	534
1955	1,111
1956	473
1957	272
1958	371
1959	385
1960	555
1961	521
1962	636
1963	1,090
1964	433
1965	517
1966	584
1967	360
1968	703
1969	630
1970	848
1971	901
1972	447
1973	670
1974	614
1975	1,996
1976	486
1977	1,254
1978	687
1979	614
1980	1,014
1981	793
1982	1,186
1983	1,014
1984	898
1985	1,449
1986	1,394
1987	1,000
1988	546
1989	2,125
1990	916
1991	1,254
1992	789
1993	987
1994	1,201
1995	988
1996	1,269
1997	591
1998	1,719
1999	839
2000	648
2001	1,081
2002	987
2003	641
2004	1,062
2005	853
2006	730
2007	1,560
2008	924
2009	1,154
2010	559
2011	913
2012	781
2013	1,008
2014	885
2015	1,329
2016	547
2017	516
2018	799
2019	457
2020	879
2021	569
2022	1,260
2023	965
2024	334
2025	1,058
2026	1,442

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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	225
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1