Weather Records on 24 March 1964

1,094 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1964. Highest significance: Beech Forest, AU.

Key Facts for 24 March 1964

On 24 March 1964, 1,094 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 588 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 1,073 daily.
Beech Forest set a daily record precipitation of 61.5 mm (2.4 in) on 24 March 1964.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

1,094 stations

1,094 station records on 24 March 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Newnham (Rocherlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bronte Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Manantoddy	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Kings Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Amontada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Devonport Harbour Master	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nabowla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chinle	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Longford (Denton Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Railway House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoopa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carrick (Oaks Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waddamana Field Study Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
South Springfield (South Sprin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Shannon Hec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Northdown (Hamley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kelso	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Myrtle Bank (Lanoma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gellibrand River West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rossarden (Aberfoyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blessington Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Steppes (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tirrengower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cressy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shiprock	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Musselboro (Applico)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kroonplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leeuspruit Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillwood (Hillwoodville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Latrobe (Coal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Westbury (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wexford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tomahawk Creek North Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middelweg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bridport Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guildford Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kapalama 773	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley (Parki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Osterley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,094 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 310, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 278, Heaviest daily rainfall 385, Heaviest daily snowfall 70, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 24 March 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	310
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	278
Heaviest daily rainfall	385
Heaviest daily snowfall	70
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 24 March 1964 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 1,073.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

941 broken records

Margins by which the 941 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1964

Top 20 records on 24 March 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1964	Beech Forest, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1964	Beaconsfield (Mine & Heritage, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1964	Newnham (Rocherlea), AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1964	Frankford (Rossville), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1964	Bronte Heights, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1964	Manantoddy, IN	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1964	Launceston (Kings Meadows), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1964	Smithton (Grant Street), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1964	Amontada, BR	daily rain	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1964	Devonport Harbour Master, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1964	Nabowla, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1964	Waratah (Mount Road), AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1964	Chinle, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1964	Longford (Denton Close), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1964	Avoca (Railway House), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1964	Naracoopa, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1964	Weeaproinah, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1964	Carrick (Oaks Road), AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1964	Lilydale Post Office, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1964	Stanley Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	50 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1964. 1964 had 1,094 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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Data for records on 1964-03-24: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	894
50 to 100	34
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1