Weather Records on 24 March 1951

373 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1951. Highest significance: Mitchell 2 N, US.

Key Facts for 24 March 1951

On 24 March 1951, 373 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 356 daily.
Mitchell 2 N set a daily record snow depth of 76.2 cm (30.0 in) on 24 March 1951.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

373 stations

373 station records on 24 March 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ville Marie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sawar	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ville Marie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mancelona	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rajaund	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thammampatty	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruchengode	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gudibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bhaunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pachet(Kharai)	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pianco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pichhore	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	135.0 cm (53.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	150.0 cm (59.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Disraeli	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage A Lac Kempt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record snow depth	201.0 cm (79.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Indus	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ambah	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shawinigan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St Fereol	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saranga	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record snow depth	186.0 cm (73.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 12 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hooghly	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kesiary Kaltikri	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

373 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 44.

Records on 24 March 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	44

Records on 24 March 1951 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 13, daily 356.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

303 broken records

Margins by which the 303 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1951

Top 20 records on 24 March 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1951	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1951	Vanderbilt 11ENE, US	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1951	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1951	Ville Marie, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1951	Oak Ridges, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1951	Cornwall, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1951	Sawar, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1951	Frankfort 2NE, US	monthly snowfall	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1951	Grayling, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1951	Ville Marie, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1951	Mancelona, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1951	Rajaund, IN	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1951	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1951	Thammampatty, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1951	Tiruchengode, IN	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1951	Alpena Co Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1951	Gudibanda, IN	monthly rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1951	Bhaunagar, IN	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1951	Pachet(Kharai), IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1951	Hampton, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)

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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1951. 1951 had 373 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	271
100 to 200	24
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1