Weather Records on 24 March 1976

448 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1976. Highest significance: Glendower Station, AU.

Key Facts for 24 March 1976

On 24 March 1976, 448 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 442 daily.
Glendower Station set a daily record precipitation of 78.2 mm (3.1 in) on 24 March 1976.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

448 stations

448 station records on 24 March 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Quilberry Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rietfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Katandra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Holmleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Northport	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wellshot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory Springs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chewelah	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tangorin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aunet	Norway	Record snow depth	159.0 cm (62.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quilcene 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aguas Belas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	134.0 cm (52.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clatskanie	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elkton 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sarapui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elma	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Packwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dallas 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen 20NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Babbiloora Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vaalpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose Do Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
North Yancho	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	132.0 cm (52.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Luverne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Einasleigh Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Afton Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi (Wongwie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

448 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 39, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 24 March 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	39
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 24 March 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 442.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

370 broken records

Margins by which the 370 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 480.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1976

Top 20 records on 24 March 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1976	Glendower Station, AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	85 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1976	Quilberry Station, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1976	Hughenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1976	Oak Park Station, AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1976	Carpentaria Downs Station, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1976	Rietfontein, ZA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1976	Katandra, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	85 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1976	Torrens Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1976	Holmleigh, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1976	Burenda, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1976	Northport, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	69 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1976	Wellshot, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1976	Gregory Springs Station, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1976	Vancouver Int'l A, CA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1976	Tg Jiu, RO	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1976	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1976	Newport Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1976	Forest Grove, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1976	Chewelah, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1976	Tangorin, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	38 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1976. 1976 had 448 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	362
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2