Weather Records on 23 March 1975

618 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1975. Highest significance: Poronajsk, RU.

Key Facts for 23 March 1975

On 23 March 1975, 618 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
260 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 598 daily.
Poronajsk set a daily record precipitation of 29.1 mm (1.1 in) on 23 March 1975.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

618 stations

618 station records on 23 March 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Highmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marillana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Faith	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Petrified Forest Np	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenrock 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ilyinskiy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Redfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Francisco da Corredeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Killdeer 8 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vogelstruiskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bristow	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coalville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oni	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record snow depth	144.8 cm (57.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Almont 7 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Longvalley	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton Airfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cuthbert	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Epping	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Midwest	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

618 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 183, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 105, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 23 March 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	183
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	105
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 23 March 1975 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 598.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

503 broken records

Margins by which the 503 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1975

Top 20 records on 23 March 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1975	Poronajsk, RU	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1975	Pierre Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	81 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1975	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1975	Highmore, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1975	Dawson, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1975	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1975	Aberdeen, US	daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	81 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1975	Marillana, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1975	Faith, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1975	Milesville 5 NE, US	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1975	Zolotoj, RU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1975	Petrified Forest Np, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1975	Cottonwood 2 E, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1975	Glenrock 5 ESE, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1975	Wheaton, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1975	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1975	Ilyinskiy, RU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1975	Mobridge 2NNW, US	daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1975	Eagle Butte, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1975	Redfield, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 years	42 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1975. 1975 had 618 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	448
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	15
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2