Weather Records on 24 March 1972

466 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1972. Highest significance: Progress, ZA.

Key Facts for 24 March 1972

On 24 March 1972, 466 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 457 daily.
Progress set a daily record precipitation of 70.5 mm (2.8 in) on 24 March 1972.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

466 stations

466 station records on 24 March 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Progress	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Middelplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Warfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Welgeleven	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cardston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Do Chicao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nieuwejaarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lois River Dam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Compton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nipawin 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bokfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zastron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kafferrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lourensgeluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leliefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater Power House	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ixmiquilpan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vryburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Conceicao Do Rio Verde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rio da Cidade	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ste Rose du Degelis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bulsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fielden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pinhalzinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ladysdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jimenez (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salto Grande (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington Harbour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kweekwa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goedehoop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose de Piranhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eenstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Leeuwfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ralph 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cintalapa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Riethoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
The Cliff	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

466 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 248, Heaviest daily snowfall 65, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 24 March 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	248
Heaviest daily snowfall	65
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 24 March 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 457.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

383 broken records

Margins by which the 383 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 173.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1972

Top 20 records on 24 March 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1972	Progress, ZA	daily rain	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1972	Middelplaats, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1972	Warfield, CA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1972	Madrid, ZA	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1972	Vryburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1972	Welgeleven, ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1972	Alert Bay, CA	daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1972	Cardston, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1972	Usina Do Chicao, BR	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1972	Nieuwejaarsfontein, ZA	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1972	Dewetsdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1972	Krambach (Bellevue), AU	daily rain	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1972	Lois River Dam, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1972	Compton, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1972	Roodepoort, ZA	monthly rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1972	Nipawin 2, CA	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1972	Bokfontein, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1972	Smithfield (Mun), ZA	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1972	Zastron (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1972	Kafferrivier (Pol), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	39 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1972. 1972 had 466 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 25	330
25 to 50	37
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1