Weather Records on 14 March 1978

669 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 1978. Highest significance: Bowman, US.

Key Facts for 14 March 1978

On 14 March 1978, 669 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 661 daily.
Bowman set a daily record snow depth of 111.8 cm (44.0 in) on 14 March 1978.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

669 stations

669 station records on 14 March 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowman	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Umlaas Waterworks	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Intake	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	120.5 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	78.0 cm (30.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tamdy	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
The Valleys	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	106.5 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kinuso Rs	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ak-Kum	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Botanic Gardens - Pmb	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Hyacinthe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Running Stream (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	106.3 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rogers City 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madeline Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Havraryd_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gangarebo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oaklandon Geist Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roy 8 NE	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

669 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 401, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 93.

Records on 14 March 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	401
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	93

Records on 14 March 1978 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 661.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

592 broken records

Margins by which the 592 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 813.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 1978

Top 20 records on 14 March 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 1978	Bowman, US	daily snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1978	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1978	Thule, AU	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1978	Umlaas Waterworks, ZA	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1978	Goshen 3SW, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1978	Intake, ZA	daily rain	120.5 mm (4.7 in)	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1978	Karlstad, SE	all-time snow depth	78.0 cm (30.7 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1978	Paris Stp, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1978	Ionia 2SSW, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1978	Huntington, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1978	Tamdy, UZ	monthly rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1978	Waterloo 2 NW, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1978	Greenville 2 NNE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1978	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1978	The Valleys, ZA	daily rain	106.5 mm (4.2 in)	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1978	Kinuso Rs, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1978	Owosso Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1978	Ak-Kum, KZ	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1978	Botanic Gardens - Pmb, ZA	daily rain	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1978	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	43 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

1810 to 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1978. 1978 had 669 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

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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 200	580
200 to 400	9
400 to 600	2
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1