Weather Records on 24 March 1975

926 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1975. Highest significance: Fergus Falls, US.

Key Facts for 24 March 1975

On 24 March 1975, 926 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 892 daily.
Fergus Falls set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 24 March 1975.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

926 stations

926 station records on 24 March 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brejo da Madre de Deus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Burukan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rock 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Flambeau Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Steuben	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Caiada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Steuben	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers City 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Flambeau Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhni Sirohozy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Avanhandava (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Selfridge 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ottertail	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Selfridge 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Island	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Earlton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

926 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 461, Heaviest daily snowfall 173, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 24 March 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	461
Heaviest daily snowfall	173
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 24 March 1975 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 31, daily 892.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

800 broken records

Margins by which the 800 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1975

Top 20 records on 24 March 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1975	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	21.4 cm (8.4 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1975	Bayfield 6 N, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1975	Ashland Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	61 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1975	Escanaba, US	daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1975	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1975	Askaniia Nova, UA	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1975	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1975	Ashland Exp Farm, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1975	Fullerton 1 ESE, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1975	Schreiber, CA	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1975	Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1975	Manistique Wwtp, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1975	Long Prairie, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	81 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1975	Fullerton 1 ESE, US	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1975	Bayfield 6 N, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1975	Brejo da Madre de Deus, BR	daily rain	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	62 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1975	Burukan, RU	monthly rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1975	Pogranichnoe, RU	monthly rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1975	Britton, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	81 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1975	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	73 years	53 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1975. 1975 had 926 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 100	748
100 to 200	42
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1