Weather Records on 29 March 1972

629 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 1972. Highest significance: Lincoln, US.

Key Facts for 29 March 1972

On 29 March 1972, 629 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 196 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 615 daily.
Lincoln set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 29 March 1972.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

629 stations

629 station records on 29 March 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lincoln	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone L/D 18	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Janesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sells	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Florence	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Inga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aledo	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Dells Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nooitgedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rochelle 6 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Verblyding	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Staraja_Russa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Agr. College,Bfn.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Grant	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kankakee 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petrusberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

629 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 139, Heaviest daily rainfall 161, Heaviest daily snowfall 153, Deepest snow cover 44.

Records on 29 March 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	139
Heaviest daily rainfall	161
Heaviest daily snowfall	153
Deepest snow cover	44

Records on 29 March 1972 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 615.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

512 broken records

Margins by which the 512 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 201.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 1972

Top 20 records on 29 March 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 1972	Lincoln, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1972	Lincoln, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1972	Mt Pulaski, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1972	Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1972	Paw Paw 2S, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1972	Ulleungdo, KR	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1972	Columbus Junction, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1972	Keokuk L&D 19, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1972	Aliwal North, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1972	Keosauqua, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1972	Jacksonville 2E, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1972	Streator 2SE, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12.5 cm (4.9 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1972	Fond du Lac Wwtp, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1972	Gladstone L/D 18, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1972	Walnut, US	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1972	Janesville, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1972	Sells, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1972	Bloomington Normal, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1972	Steffenville, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1972	New Florence, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	43 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1972. 1972 had 629 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	407
50 to 100	77
100 to 150	20
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	1