Weather Records on 18 March 1972

1,028 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 1972. Highest significance: Wolmada, ZA.

Key Facts for 18 March 1972

On 18 March 1972, 1,028 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
776 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 1,007 daily.
Wolmada set a daily record precipitation of 86.5 mm (3.4 in) on 18 March 1972.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

1,028 stations

1,028 station records on 18 March 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 March 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wolmada	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	245.4 mm (9.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
De Rust	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aardoorns	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kareepan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Eland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
West Burke	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bultfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mareeba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	199.1 mm (7.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vondeling(Sar)"T...Kraal"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bulwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bingil Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	224.5 mm (8.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rita de Cassia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
South Newbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pao de Acucar	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flora	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pelserskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lame Deer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond-Natal (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canaan	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rooiberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ibapah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clohesy River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Molloy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	205.5 mm (8.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Supai	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,028 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 544, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 232, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 225, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 18 March 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	544
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	232
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	225
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 18 March 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 1,007.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

862 broken records

Margins by which the 862 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 1972

Top 20 records on 18 March 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 1972	Wolmada, ZA	daily rain	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1972	Ft Kent, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1972	Lancaster, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1972	Millinocket, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1972	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	245.4 mm (9.7 in)	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1972	Elliotdale (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1972	Enosburg Falls, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1972	De Rust, ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1972	Aardoorns, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1972	Kareepan, ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1972	Glen Eland, ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1972	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1972	West Burke, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1972	Herberton White St, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1972	Bultfontein (Skl), ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1972	Oxford, GB	daily high max	17.5 C (63.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	135 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1972	Mareeba Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1972	Mossman Central Mill, AU	daily rain	199.1 mm (7.8 in)	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1972	Carnarvon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1972	Hopewell, ZA	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	36 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

1806 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1972. 1972 had 1,028 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-18 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	1
1814	1
1831	1
1836	1
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	5
1853	2
1859	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	3
1876	1
1881	1
1882	3
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	10
1897	14
1898	5
1899	8
1900	14
1901	2
1902	9
1903	22
1904	9
1905	19
1906	13
1907	11
1908	8
1909	9
1910	12
1911	17
1912	16
1913	24
1914	32
1915	30
1916	73
1917	45
1918	32
1919	25
1920	39
1921	66
1922	39
1923	262
1924	96
1925	145
1926	251
1927	376
1928	301
1929	106
1930	261
1931	167
1932	212
1933	244
1934	375
1935	87
1936	699
1937	296
1938	304
1939	750
1940	444
1941	954
1942	382
1943	603
1944	321
1945	751
1946	492
1947	328
1948	296
1949	292
1950	1,042
1951	582
1952	474
1953	218
1954	355
1955	469
1956	363
1957	374
1958	347
1959	392
1960	585
1961	579
1962	284
1963	665
1964	348
1965	1,584
1966	540
1967	1,396
1968	915
1969	601
1970	533
1971	405
1972	1,028
1973	716
1974	694
1975	614
1976	538
1977	684
1978	1,003
1979	894
1980	588
1981	570
1982	1,284
1983	1,225
1984	446
1985	731
1986	626
1987	933
1988	1,001
1989	1,147
1990	1,478
1991	706
1992	789
1993	1,683
1994	960
1995	833
1996	518
1997	1,024
1998	1,144
1999	1,051
2000	524
2001	841
2002	1,562
2003	1,425
2004	1,232
2005	1,178
2006	551
2007	1,330
2008	1,066
2009	776
2010	678
2011	993
2012	3,348
2013	783
2014	701
2015	943
2016	675
2017	1,183
2018	921
2019	666
2020	672
2021	562
2022	476
2023	890
2024	843
2025	728
2026	2,870

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Data for records on 1972-03-18: 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 25	821
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1