Weather Records on 23 March 1972

533 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1972. Highest significance: Quatsino, CA.

Key Facts for 23 March 1972

On 23 March 1972, 533 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
244 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 520 daily.
Quatsino set a daily record snowfall of 33.0 cm (13.0 in) on 23 March 1972.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

533 stations

533 station records on 23 March 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Utuado	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton City Centre A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corumbatai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamare	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Five Mile Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kranshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Twyfelspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bernalillo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Luna Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quilimane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hobbs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Alford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zoetveld	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Allakaket	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Hole	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Merensky (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	120.5 mm (4.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
South Pass City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

533 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 193, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 23 March 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 23 March 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 520.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

422 broken records

Margins by which the 422 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 292.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1972

Top 20 records on 23 March 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1972	Quatsino, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1972	Olenja Rechka, RU	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1972	Eastport, US	monthly rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1972	Utuado, PR	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1972	Edmonton City Centre A, CA	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1972	Ellsworth, US	monthly rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1972	Machias, US	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1972	Duiwelskloof (Mun), ZA	daily rain	136.0 mm (5.4 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1972	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1972	Corumbatai, BR	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1972	Bull Harbour, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1972	Alert Bay, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1972	Gardiner, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1972	Madison, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1972	Halifax, CA	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1972	Millinocket, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	61 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1972	Quatsino, CA	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	65 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1972	McAdam, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1972	Springfield, CA	monthly rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1972	Kalamare, BW	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	34 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

1796 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1972. 1972 had 533 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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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	403
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1