Weather Records on 24 March 1957

533 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1957. Highest significance: Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE.

Key Facts for 24 March 1957

On 24 March 1957, 533 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 163 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 506 daily.
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 35.9 mm (1.4 in) on 24 March 1957.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

533 stations

533 station records on 24 March 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Larned	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dresden	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln Agronomy Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leribe	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Mitis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Mitis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colby	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stover	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colby	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stapleton 5 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield 10 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

533 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 234, Heaviest daily snowfall 87, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 24 March 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	234
Heaviest daily snowfall	87
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 24 March 1957 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 25, daily 506.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

471 broken records

Margins by which the 471 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 343.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1957

Top 20 records on 24 March 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1957	Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.), DE	monthly rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	77 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1957	Larned, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1957	Dresden, US	all-time snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1957	Mc Cool Junction, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1957	Panhandle, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1957	Plains, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1957	Bison 3NW, US	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1957	Fairbury 7S, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1957	Seward, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1957	Broken Bow 2 W, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1957	Healy, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1957	Lincoln Agronomy Farm, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1957	Tecumseh 1S, US	monthly rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1957	Beloit, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1957	Bison 3NW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1957	Cimarron, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1957	Dresden, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1957	Great Bend 3WNW, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1957	Ashland #2, US	monthly rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1957	Columbus 3 NE, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	48 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1957. 1957 had 533 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	396
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	26
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1