Weather Records on 30 March 1952

265 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 March 1952. Highest significance: Sfax El-Maou, TN.

Key Facts for 30 March 1952

On 30 March 1952, 265 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 256 daily.
Sfax El-Maou set a daily record high maximum temperature of 35.8 C (96.4 F) on 30 March 1952.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

265 stations

265 station records on 30 March 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 March 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington Mills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	221.0 cm (87.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-21.3 C (-6.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record snow depth	124.5 cm (49.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bear Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record low maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva	Spain	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Patharkandi	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record snow depth	84.0 cm (33.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Merritt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jalugudi	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dupree	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belvoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

265 records

Records set or tied on 30 March 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 66, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 30 March 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	66
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 30 March 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 256.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

227 broken records

Margins by which the 227 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 889.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 March 1952

Top 20 records on 30 March 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 March 1952	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high max	35.8 C (96.4 F)	9.8 C (17.6 F)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1952	Arnsberg, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1952	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high min	19.2 C (66.6 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1952	Mornington Mills, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1952	Vastervik, SE	daily low min	-16.2 C (2.8 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	68 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1952	Crested Butte, US	daily snow depth	221.0 cm (87.0 in)	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1952	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	50 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1952	Parnu, EE	daily low min	-22.4 C (-8.3 F)	6.3 C (11.3 F)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1952	Mill Bay, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1952	Vilnius, LT	daily low min	-21.3 C (-6.3 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1952	Snake Creek Powerhouse, US	daily snow depth	124.5 cm (49.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1952	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily low max	0.5 C (32.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1952	Sarajevo, BA	monthly high min	14.5 C (58.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1952	Magdeburg, DE	daily low max	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	52 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1952	Bear Creek, CA	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1952	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily low max	0.4 C (32.7 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	52 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1952	Potsdam, DE	daily low max	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	52 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1952	Braunschweig (T.H.), DE	daily low max	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	52 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1952	Buenos Aires Observ, AR	daily low max	14.5 C (58.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1952	Muenster, DE	daily low max	1.2 C (34.2 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 years	26 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

1796 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1952. 1952 had 265 records.

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

Records on 03-30 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1805	1
1808	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	4
1869	1
1872	6
1874	1
1881	4
1882	3
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1890	4
1892	4
1894	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	6
1902	9
1903	8
1904	14
1905	35
1906	9
1907	28
1908	12
1909	18
1910	68
1911	45
1912	25
1913	31
1914	20
1915	78
1916	19
1917	248
1918	29
1919	42
1920	20
1921	32
1922	89
1923	229
1924	215
1925	90
1926	273
1927	80
1928	209
1929	99
1930	215
1931	254
1932	198
1933	382
1934	236
1935	187
1936	881
1937	262
1938	690
1939	305
1940	466
1941	438
1942	257
1943	928
1944	823
1945	676
1946	536
1947	1,000
1948	363
1949	795
1950	616
1951	569
1952	265
1953	432
1954	743
1955	437
1956	500
1957	330
1958	288
1959	398
1960	431
1961	404
1962	578
1963	1,010
1964	1,420
1965	376
1966	759
1967	1,261
1968	736
1969	1,372
1970	1,040
1971	490
1972	384
1973	1,089
1974	895
1975	1,255
1976	619
1977	1,627
1978	1,017
1979	753
1980	762
1981	898
1982	764
1983	624
1984	756
1985	1,331
1986	1,533
1987	1,850
1988	635
1989	1,063
1990	897
1991	821
1992	611
1993	712
1994	767
1995	920
1996	781
1997	911
1998	2,464
1999	708
2000	631
2001	840
2002	878
2003	1,472
2004	1,298
2005	683
2006	689
2007	1,265
2008	1,100
2009	750
2010	933
2011	670
2012	743
2013	691
2014	776
2015	1,194
2016	596
2017	1,267
2018	433
2019	662
2020	464
2021	1,013
2022	576
2023	1,107
2024	431
2025	956
2026	1,210

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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	223
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1