Weather Records on 24 March 1977

454 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1977. Highest significance: Low Head (Comparison), AU.

Key Facts for 24 March 1977

On 24 March 1977, 454 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
171 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 416 daily.
Low Head (Comparison) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.0 mm (3.4 in) on 24 March 1977.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

454 stations

454 station records on 24 March 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Detention River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Neran	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Apizaco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moorleah (Preolenna Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Whitesand Dam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Avare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Urmi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ripogenus Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kalumburu Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tiete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Acatlan de Osorio (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kelso	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bira	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Komsomolsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oranje	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Obluce	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salitre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atemajac de Brizuela	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shepherds Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bairro Represa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.4 C (-31.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Danner	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mawbanna (Mawbanna Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bridport Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Vista Redonda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rooipoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Masindi	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chasm Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Edith Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dimbokro	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gavriila Buhta	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.4 C (-31.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Irishtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coojar (Killara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sherburne	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Panguitch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

454 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 24 March 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 24 March 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 38, daily 416.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

396 broken records

Margins by which the 396 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1977

Top 20 records on 24 March 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1977	Low Head (Comparison), AU	monthly rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	73 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1977	Detention River, AU	monthly rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1977	Neran, RU	monthly rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1977	Apizaco, MX	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1977	Moorleah (Preolenna Road), AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1977	Whitesand Dam, CA	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1977	Avare, BR	daily rain	83.9 mm (3.3 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1977	Urmi, RU	daily rain	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1977	Ripogenus Dam, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1977	Zolotoj, RU	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1977	Wyndham Port, AU	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1977	Kalumburu Mission, AU	daily rain	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1977	Tiete, BR	daily rain	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1977	Acatlan de Osorio (Smn), MX	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	10 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1977	Kelso, AU	monthly rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1977	Nurnberg, DE	monthly high min	10.3 C (50.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1977	Brocken, DE	daily high max	16.3 C (61.3 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	80 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1977	Bira, RU	monthly rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1977	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1977	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	36 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1977. 1977 had 454 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 50	380
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1