Weather Records on 23 March 1979

1,012 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1979. Highest significance: Wisconsin Rapids, US.

Key Facts for 23 March 1979

On 23 March 1979, 1,012 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
403 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 989 daily.
Wisconsin Rapids set a daily record precipitation of 37.8 mm (1.5 in) on 23 March 1979.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

1,012 stations

1,012 station records on 23 March 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hartington	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lac la Ronge	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mariupol'	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Covert	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Mill 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivan	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Collyer 10 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sprague	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Byers 5 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Highland	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Long Is 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Firth	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Summit Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cokato	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jump Rvr 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado Springs Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ames	United States	Record snow depth	170.2 cm (67.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,012 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 266, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 471, Heaviest daily snowfall 70, Deepest snow cover 39.

Records on 23 March 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	266
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	471
Heaviest daily snowfall	70
Deepest snow cover	39

Records on 23 March 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 989.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

906 broken records

Margins by which the 906 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1979

Top 20 records on 23 March 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1979	Wisconsin Rapids, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 March 1979	Hartington, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1979	Gove 4W, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1979	Litchfield, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1979	Lac la Ronge, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1979	Conception, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1979	Marion, US	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1979	Hendersonville 1 NE, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1979	Smoky Falls, CA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1979	Smoky Falls, CA	daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	21.9 cm (8.6 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1979	Mariupol', UA	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1979	Akron, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1979	Lodgepole, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1979	Covert, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1979	Table Rock 4N, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1979	Frankfort, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1979	Ft Mill 4 NW, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1979	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	82 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1979	Tyler, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1979	Grant City, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	85 years	47 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1979. 1979 had 1,012 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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Data for records on 1979-03-23: 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	887
100 to 200	14
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1