Weather Records on 25 March 1979

768 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 March 1979. Highest significance: Munising, US.

Key Facts for 25 March 1979

On 25 March 1979, 768 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
236 were record highs and 144 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 733 daily.
Munising set a daily record snowfall of 31.8 cm (12.5 in) on 25 March 1979.
Across 164 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

768 stations

768 station records on 25 March 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 March 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Munising	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sassandra	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kjevik	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Turvo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowler	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Comercio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Washburn	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toccoa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clearfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sorel	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waukon 3NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 5 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Do Jetiba (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
N'Guigni	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Agua Soca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

768 records

Records set or tied on 25 March 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 162, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 274, Heaviest daily snowfall 79, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 25 March 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	162
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	274
Heaviest daily snowfall	79
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 25 March 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 35, daily 733.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

644 broken records

Margins by which the 644 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

25 March 1979

Top 20 records on 25 March 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 March 1979	Munising, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1979	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1979	Munising, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1979	Oksoey Fyr, NO	monthly rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	90 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1979	Orono, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1979	Jacobsdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1979	Elliotdale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1979	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1979	Sassandra, CI	daily rain	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1979	Richmond, CA	monthly high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1979	Rockville 1 NE, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	66 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1979	Anna 4 N, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	81 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1979	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1979	Kjevik, NO	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1979	Aseral, NO	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	62 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1979	Windham 3 E, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1979	Katberg (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1979	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1979	De Soto, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	76 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1979	Dodgeville Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	78 years	38 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

1806 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1979. 1979 had 768 records.

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

Records on 03-25 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1830	1
1837	1
1841	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	1
1857	1
1861	1
1862	2
1865	2
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1876	4
1877	1
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1882	2
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	1
1896	10
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	2
1901	11
1902	13
1903	16
1904	21
1905	22
1906	20
1907	10
1908	8
1909	26
1910	65
1911	14
1912	22
1913	125
1914	68
1915	21
1916	26
1917	33
1918	25
1919	38
1920	82
1921	73
1922	33
1923	80
1924	45
1925	101
1926	289
1927	113
1928	265
1929	473
1930	216
1931	95
1932	283
1933	331
1934	402
1935	377
1936	227
1937	539
1938	427
1939	606
1940	1,544
1941	351
1942	518
1943	227
1944	373
1945	816
1946	528
1947	395
1948	274
1949	421
1950	348
1951	489
1952	429
1953	598
1954	667
1955	1,548
1956	849
1957	534
1958	355
1959	251
1960	1,108
1961	369
1962	330
1963	569
1964	893
1965	1,553
1966	536
1967	655
1968	787
1969	938
1970	297
1971	699
1972	439
1973	681
1974	1,110
1975	690
1976	472
1977	553
1978	725
1979	768
1980	382
1981	1,059
1982	540
1983	1,146
1984	704
1985	424
1986	660
1987	859
1988	1,250
1989	777
1990	1,204
1991	828
1992	642
1993	834
1994	1,210
1995	1,181
1996	1,481
1997	777
1998	1,222
1999	793
2000	654
2001	1,159
2002	814
2003	463
2004	1,395
2005	695
2006	1,000
2007	1,926
2008	1,455
2009	910
2010	756
2011	738
2012	1,113
2013	2,029
2014	986
2015	567
2016	511
2017	596
2018	784
2019	421
2020	882
2021	709
2022	957
2023	1,805
2024	806
2025	1,707
2026	2,283

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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	616
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1