Weather Records on 24 March 1979

1,058 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1979. Highest significance: Lac la Ronge, CA.

Key Facts for 24 March 1979

On 24 March 1979, 1,058 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
459 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 1,005 daily.
Lac la Ronge set an all-time record daily snowfall of 61.0 cm (24.0 in) on 24 March 1979.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

1,058 stations

1,058 station records on 24 March 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lac la Ronge	Canada	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Banner Elk	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lac la Ronge	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Randleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Enka	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Swannanoa 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 2SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Dale 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chester 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Pleine Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watauga Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coddington 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goodrich 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 3.5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goodrich 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valley View Lock 9	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Patterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,058 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 221, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 238, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 395, Heaviest daily snowfall 137, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 24 March 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	221
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	238
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	395
Heaviest daily snowfall	137
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 24 March 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 52, daily 1,005.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

915 broken records

Margins by which the 915 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1979

Top 20 records on 24 March 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1979	Lac la Ronge, CA	all-time snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	55 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 March 1979	Banner Elk, US	monthly rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	65 years	76 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1979	Munising, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1979	Jefferson 2 E, US	monthly rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1979	Burkes Garden, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1979	Hartford Wwtp, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1979	Lac la Ronge, CA	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1979	Boone, US	monthly rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1979	Randleman, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1979	Enka, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1979	Ashland, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1979	Neuse 2 NE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1979	Swannanoa 2 E, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1979	Dillon, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1979	Medford, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	88 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1979	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1979	Elgin 2SSW, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1979	N Fk 2, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1979	Trout Dale 3 SSE, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1979	Bergland Dam, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 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

1794 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1979. 1979 had 1,058 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	842
50 to 100	57
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1