Weather Records on 30 March 1974

895 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 March 1974. Highest significance: Woodstock, US.

Key Facts for 30 March 1974

On 30 March 1974, 895 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
219 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 862 daily.
Woodstock set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 30 March 1974.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

895 stations

895 station records on 30 March 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 March 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Vienna	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hope	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marydale (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yampa	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rooijantjiesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lynxville Dam 9	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vitoria da Conquista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Van Reenen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft George G Meade	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Berryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Covelo	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hayfork 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boyds 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Reagan Natl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record low maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore-Washington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moorook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shasta Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rye Patch Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

895 records

Records set or tied on 30 March 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 99, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 523, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 30 March 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	99
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	523
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 30 March 1974 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 33, daily 862.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

755 broken records

Margins by which the 755 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

30 March 1974

Top 20 records on 30 March 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 March 1974	Woodstock, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1974	Coorabulka, AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	75 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1974	Greenville, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	94 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1974	College Park, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1974	Vienna, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1974	Bloomfield, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1974	La Plata 1 W, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1974	Catawba 1 WSW, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1974	Riverton, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1974	Port Hope, CA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	87 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1974	Marydale (Pol), ZA	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1974	Cambridge Water Trmt P, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1974	Hagerstown 1E, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1974	Glenn Dale Bell STN, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1974	Rockville 1 NE, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1974	Yampa, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1974	Rooijantjiesfontein, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1974	Owings Ferry Landing, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1974	York 3 SSW Pump STN, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1974	Mineral, US	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	47 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

1796 to 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1974. 1974 had 895 records.

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

Records on 03-30 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1805	1
1808	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	4
1869	1
1872	6
1874	1
1881	4
1882	3
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1890	4
1892	4
1894	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	6
1902	9
1903	8
1904	14
1905	35
1906	9
1907	28
1908	12
1909	18
1910	68
1911	45
1912	25
1913	31
1914	20
1915	78
1916	19
1917	248
1918	29
1919	42
1920	20
1921	32
1922	89
1923	229
1924	215
1925	90
1926	273
1927	80
1928	209
1929	99
1930	215
1931	254
1932	198
1933	382
1934	236
1935	187
1936	881
1937	262
1938	690
1939	305
1940	466
1941	438
1942	257
1943	928
1944	823
1945	676
1946	536
1947	1,000
1948	363
1949	795
1950	616
1951	569
1952	265
1953	432
1954	743
1955	437
1956	500
1957	330
1958	288
1959	398
1960	431
1961	404
1962	578
1963	1,010
1964	1,420
1965	376
1966	759
1967	1,261
1968	736
1969	1,372
1970	1,040
1971	490
1972	384
1973	1,089
1974	895
1975	1,255
1976	619
1977	1,627
1978	1,017
1979	753
1980	762
1981	898
1982	764
1983	624
1984	756
1985	1,331
1986	1,533
1987	1,850
1988	635
1989	1,063
1990	897
1991	821
1992	611
1993	712
1994	767
1995	920
1996	781
1997	911
1998	2,464
1999	708
2000	631
2001	840
2002	878
2003	1,472
2004	1,298
2005	683
2006	689
2007	1,265
2008	1,100
2009	750
2010	933
2011	670
2012	743
2013	691
2014	776
2015	1,194
2016	596
2017	1,267
2018	433
2019	662
2020	464
2021	1,013
2022	576
2023	1,107
2024	431
2025	956
2026	1,210

Download the Data

Data for records on 1974-03-30: 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	684
25 to 50	55
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1