Weather Records on 28 March 1954

534 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 1954. Highest significance: Belle Fourche, US.

Key Facts for 28 March 1954

On 28 March 1954, 534 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 374 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 530 daily.
Belle Fourche set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 28 March 1954.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

534 stations

534 station records on 28 March 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Balipara(Addibar) Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Puttur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barpukhuri	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Steveston	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Lodge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palmas de Monte Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gudalur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lynch	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cody	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Westwold	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lundbreck	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berkeley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tappen	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pekisko	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

534 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 170, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 204, Heaviest daily rainfall 71, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 28 March 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	170
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	204
Heaviest daily rainfall	71
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 28 March 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 530.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

455 broken records

Margins by which the 455 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 March 1954

Top 20 records on 28 March 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 1954	Belle Fourche, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1954	Balipara(Addibar) Sr, IN	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1954	Puttur, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1954	Richland, US	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1954	Barpukhuri, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1954	Steveston, CA	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1954	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1954	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1954	Nanaimo, CA	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	45 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1954	Attur, IN	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1954	Paisley, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	61 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1954	Alkmaar, ZA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1954	Deer Lodge, US	daily low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1954	Libby 1 NE Rs, US	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1954	Rosalia, US	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1954	Chilliwack, CA	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1954	Denison, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1954	Palmas de Monte Alto, BR	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1954	Kaslo, CA	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1954	Seattle Urban Site, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	57 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1954. 1954 had 534 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	433
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1