Weather Records on 24 March 1961

359 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1961. Highest significance: Perm, RU.

Key Facts for 24 March 1961

On 24 March 1961, 359 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
179 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 347 daily.
Perm set a daily record precipitation of 27.8 mm (1.1 in) on 24 March 1961.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

359 stations

359 station records on 24 March 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rocky Hall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Walburg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Naco	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Balbrogie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Badplaas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenbuen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jindabyne (Lynwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scott Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Biggar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dundee Agric Res Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Numbla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paupong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Martenshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Palisade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weltevreden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blyde (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kalkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jindivick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ghanzi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Macklin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Deadwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

359 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 148, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 24 March 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 24 March 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 347.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

301 broken records

Margins by which the 301 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1961

Top 20 records on 24 March 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1961	Perm, RU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1961	Rocky Hall Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1961	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1961	St Walburg, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1961	Tombong (Hillcrest), AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1961	Naco, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1961	Little Falls, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1961	De Emigratie, ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1961	Ganca, AZ	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1961	Tbilisi, GE	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	79 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1961	Paterson, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	67 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1961	Balbrogie, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1961	Badplaas (Pol), ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1961	Chatham, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1961	Jimenbuen, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1961	Jindabyne (Lynwood), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1961	Seaspray (Burong), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1961	Scott Cda, CA	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1961	Puerto Vallarta, MX	monthly low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1961	Charlotteburg Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	4 years	32 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

1794 to 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1961. 1961 had 359 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	292
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1