Weather Records on 30 March 1979

753 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 March 1979. Highest significance: Greenville Kgvl Radio, US.

Key Facts for 30 March 1979

On 30 March 1979, 753 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
205 were record highs and 94 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 729 daily.
Greenville Kgvl Radio set a daily record precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 30 March 1979.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

753 stations

753 station records on 30 March 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 March 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Aldersbach-Kriestorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gouna (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Las Flores	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Bow 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Strawn 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kewaunee	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aly	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thompsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boyd	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Farmersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Pinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
North Battleford A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ripon 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington Six Flags	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richland Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shreveport	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas Hensley Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ottertail	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot Point Isl du Boi	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Horatio	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emory	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koosharem	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oakes	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pombal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

753 records

Records set or tied on 30 March 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 157, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 385, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 30 March 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	157
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	385
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 30 March 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 23, daily 729.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

642 broken records

Margins by which the 642 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

30 March 1979

Top 20 records on 30 March 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 March 1979	Greenville Kgvl Radio, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	70 years	69 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1979	Oshkosh, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1979	Chilton, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1979	Aldersbach-Kriestorf, DE	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1979	Gouna (Bos), ZA	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1979	Las Flores, MX	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1979	Broken Bow 1 N, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1979	Manistee 3SE, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1979	Dardanelle, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1979	Gainesville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1979	Strawn 8 NNE, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1979	Kewaunee, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1979	Passau-Maierhof, DE	daily rain	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1979	Aly, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1979	Thompsonville, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1979	Boyd, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1979	Farmersville, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1979	Palo Pinto, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1979	North Battleford A, CA	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1979	Ripon 5 NE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	2 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

1796 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1979. 1979 had 753 records.

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

Records on 03-30 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1805	1
1808	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	4
1869	1
1872	6
1874	1
1881	4
1882	3
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1890	4
1892	4
1894	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	6
1902	9
1903	8
1904	14
1905	35
1906	9
1907	28
1908	12
1909	18
1910	68
1911	45
1912	25
1913	31
1914	20
1915	78
1916	19
1917	248
1918	29
1919	42
1920	20
1921	32
1922	89
1923	229
1924	215
1925	90
1926	273
1927	80
1928	209
1929	99
1930	215
1931	254
1932	198
1933	382
1934	236
1935	187
1936	881
1937	262
1938	690
1939	305
1940	466
1941	438
1942	257
1943	928
1944	823
1945	676
1946	536
1947	1,000
1948	363
1949	795
1950	616
1951	569
1952	265
1953	432
1954	743
1955	437
1956	500
1957	330
1958	288
1959	398
1960	431
1961	404
1962	578
1963	1,010
1964	1,420
1965	376
1966	759
1967	1,261
1968	736
1969	1,372
1970	1,040
1971	490
1972	384
1973	1,089
1974	895
1975	1,255
1976	619
1977	1,627
1978	1,017
1979	753
1980	762
1981	898
1982	764
1983	624
1984	756
1985	1,331
1986	1,533
1987	1,850
1988	635
1989	1,063
1990	897
1991	821
1992	611
1993	712
1994	767
1995	920
1996	781
1997	911
1998	2,464
1999	708
2000	631
2001	840
2002	878
2003	1,472
2004	1,298
2005	683
2006	689
2007	1,265
2008	1,100
2009	750
2010	933
2011	670
2012	743
2013	691
2014	776
2015	1,194
2016	596
2017	1,267
2018	433
2019	662
2020	464
2021	1,013
2022	576
2023	1,107
2024	431
2025	956
2026	1,210

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Data for records on 1979-03-30: 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 50	602
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1