Weather Records on 24 March 1970

219 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1970. Highest significance: Roermond, NL.

Key Facts for 24 March 1970

On 24 March 1970, 219 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
71 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 214 daily.
Roermond set a monthly record daily precipitation of 36.8 mm (1.4 in) on 24 March 1970.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

219 stations

219 station records on 24 March 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kestell (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record snow depth	105.0 cm (41.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ovando	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Do Barreiro Rico	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	145.0 cm (57.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monchengladbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manila	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Doncaster	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mairipora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ceylon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Creek Ph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Merced	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	Record snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Misantla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Avalon Pleasure Pier	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Twistetal-Muhlhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Herzberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gottingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kharsawan	India	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Sugor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Essen-Bredeney	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Konotop	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kasumkent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goilkera	India	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wastina Hemaruka	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wastina Hemaruka	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shamakhy	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

219 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 91, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 24 March 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	91
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 24 March 1970 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 214.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

181 broken records

Margins by which the 181 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1970

Top 20 records on 24 March 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1970	Roermond, NL	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1970	Kestell (Pol), ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1970	Summit, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1970	Schierke, DE	daily snow depth	105.0 cm (41.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	81 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1970	Ovando, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	55 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1970	Fazenda Do Barreiro Rico, BR	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1970	Altastenberg, DE	daily snow depth	145.0 cm (57.1 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	63 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1970	Assiniboia, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1970	Walnut Creek 2 ESE, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	73 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1970	Monchengladbach, DE	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1970	Woodland, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1970	Manila, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	55 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1970	Doncaster, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1970	Mairipora, BR	daily rain	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1970	Ceylon, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	47 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1970	Deer Creek Ph, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	41 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1970	Merced, US	daily high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	61 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1970	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	64 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1970	Daly Waters AWS, AU	daily low min	15.2 C (59.4 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
24 March 1970	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, DE	daily snow depth	56.0 cm (22.0 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	31 years	22 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1970. 1970 had 219 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 100	177
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1