Weather Records on 29 March 1968

895 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 1968. Highest significance: Port Lincoln (Westmere), AU.

Key Facts for 29 March 1968

On 29 March 1968, 895 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
522 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 71 monthly and 823 daily.
Port Lincoln (Westmere) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 29 March 1968.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

895 stations

895 station records on 29 March 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Murray Lagoon (Hawks Nest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Western River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve (Pineside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cape de Couedic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Biggar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murrays Lagoon (Bayside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kindersley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Sorell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kamsack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gleichen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weltevrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kareepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Jaffa (Jaffa Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwejaarskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hofmeyer (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kakamas Skl	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cypherfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brooks Ahrc	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halle	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

895 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 286, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 236, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 335, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 March 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	286
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	236
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	335
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 March 1968 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 71, daily 823.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

729 broken records

Margins by which the 729 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

29 March 1968

Top 20 records on 29 March 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 1968	Port Lincoln (Westmere), AU	all-time rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1968	Murray Lagoon (Hawks Nest), AU	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1968	Port Lincoln, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1968	Port Lincoln (Big Swamp), AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1968	Western River, AU	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1968	Maitland, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1968	Cleve (Pineside), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1968	Cape de Couedic, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1968	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1968	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	monthly high max	22.5 C (72.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1968	Willunga, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	83 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1968	Biggar, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1968	Jena Sternwarte, DE	monthly high max	25.7 C (78.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1968	Murrays Lagoon (Bayside), AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1968	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1968	Kindersley, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1968	Daroca, ES	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1968	Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1968	Cape Sorell, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1968	Valencia, ES	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	46 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

1805 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1968. 1968 had 895 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 50	717
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1