Weather Records on 30 March 1976

619 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 March 1976. Highest significance: David City 4E, US.

Key Facts for 30 March 1976

On 30 March 1976, 619 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 602 daily.
David City 4E set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 30 March 1976.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

619 stations

619 station records on 30 March 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 March 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Firth	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Haddam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Inga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Antonio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vertentes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Waste Wtp Facility	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Velho (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesburg 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Western 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Boaz	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cormorant	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alert Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Western 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Herkimer	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hardy A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

619 records

Records set or tied on 30 March 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 357, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 30 March 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	357
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 30 March 1976 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 15, daily 602.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

528 broken records

Margins by which the 528 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 March 1976

Top 20 records on 30 March 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 March 1976	David City 4E, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1976	Perry, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1976	Manchester 4 W, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1976	Laurel, US	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1976	Firth, US	monthly rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1976	Cartersville, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	78 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1976	Valparaiso, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1976	Crete 4ESE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1976	Friend 3E, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1976	Hebron, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1976	Haddam, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1976	Red Cloud, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1976	Tekamah, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1976	Inga, BR	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1976	Nelson, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1976	Schuyler, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1976	Santo Antonio, BR	daily rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1976	Vertentes, BR	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1976	Belleville, US	monthly rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1976	Austin Waste Wtp Facility, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	46 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1976. 1976 had 619 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

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Data for records on 1976-03-30: 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 100	518
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1