Weather Records on 29 March 1952

356 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 1952. Highest significance: Tulita A, CA.

Key Facts for 29 March 1952

On 29 March 1952, 356 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 350 daily.
Tulita A set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 29 March 1952.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

356 stations

356 station records on 29 March 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gauhati Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	226.1 cm (89.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canning River Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ayton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Amchong(Sonepur)	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record snow depth	129.5 cm (51.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Singimari	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Churchman Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palasbari	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rietvallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Narva	Estonia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jalugudi	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Valley	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sagunbari	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-14.0 C (6.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wungong Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bedetti(Behali)	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.9 C (105.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

356 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 173, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 29 March 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 29 March 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 350.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

320 broken records

Margins by which the 320 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 915.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 1952

Top 20 records on 29 March 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 1952	Tulita A, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1952	Oxford, GB	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	135 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1952	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1952	Rothamsted, GB	monthly rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1952	Gauhati Obsy, IN	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1952	Skukuza, ZA	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1952	Uccle, BE	daily low max	1.5 C (34.7 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1952	Putbus, DE	daily low min	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	96 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1952	Mill Bay, CA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1952	Altastenberg, DE	monthly rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1952	Mill Bay, CA	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1952	Crested Butte, US	daily snow depth	226.1 cm (89.0 in)	91.5 cm (36.0 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1952	Canning River Weir, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1952	Ayton, AU	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1952	Amchong(Sonepur), IN	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1952	Snake Creek Powerhouse, US	daily snow depth	129.5 cm (51.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1952	Singimari, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1952	Churchman Brook, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1952	Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	51 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1952	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	65 years	28 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1952. 1952 had 356 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 200	315
200 to 400	3
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1