Weather Records on 29 March 1957

249 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 1957. Highest significance: Sagar, IN.

Key Facts for 29 March 1957

On 29 March 1957, 249 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 237 daily.
Sagar set a monthly record daily precipitation of 60.7 mm (2.4 in) on 29 March 1957.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

249 stations

249 station records on 29 March 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sagar	India	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Manohar Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kurwai	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crown St. Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Earlwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rehli	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Botanic Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Damoh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salwani(Silvani)	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chachora	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Town Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bareli	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bankstown (Condell Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zeekoevlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wildeperdehoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fig Tree	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Benito	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ouricuri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gadarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur Sahara	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Lourenco da Mata (Rfn)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milagres	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barstow	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ghairatganj	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Broederstroom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Narsinghpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bakani (Rallai)	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Iklera(Aklera)	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shujalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chhipabarod	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nimach	India	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khamgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

249 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 156, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 29 March 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 29 March 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 237.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

207 broken records

Margins by which the 207 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 1957

Top 20 records on 29 March 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 1957	Sagar, IN	monthly rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1957	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1957	Manohar Thana, IN	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1957	Mercedes 6 SSE, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1957	Kurwai, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1957	Crown St. Reservoir, AU	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1957	Earlwood Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1957	Rehli, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1957	Audley National Park Bottom St, AU	monthly rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1957	Sydney Botanic Gardens, AU	daily rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1957	Damoh, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1957	Salwani(Silvani), IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1957	Sans Souci (Public School), AU	monthly rain	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1957	Chachora, IN	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1957	Manly Town Hall, AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1957	Bareli, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1957	Randwick Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1957	Miranda (Blackwood St), AU	monthly rain	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1957	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
29 March 1957	Sterling, ZA	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	33 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1957. 1957 had 249 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	174
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	4