Weather Records on 28 March 1980

1,014 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 1980. Highest significance: Wellfleet, US.

Key Facts for 28 March 1980

On 28 March 1980, 1,014 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
305 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 17 were all-time records, 125 monthly and 872 daily.
Wellfleet set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 28 March 1980.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

1,014 stations

1,014 station records on 28 March 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wellfleet	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
St Francis 8NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Palisade	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Anselmo 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Haswell	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nenzel 20 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
St Francis 8NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hershey 5 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Arnold	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Big Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Dam 1N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Curtis	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eustis 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Forest (Forton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
N Platte Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,014 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 254, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 476, Heaviest daily snowfall 115, Deepest snow cover 73.

Records on 28 March 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	254
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	476
Heaviest daily snowfall	115
Deepest snow cover	73

Records on 28 March 1980 by timescale: all-time 17, monthly 125, daily 872.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

909 broken records

Margins by which the 909 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 March 1980

Top 20 records on 28 March 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 1980	Wellfleet, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	80 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1980	St Francis 8NW, US	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1980	Palisade, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1980	Saint Francis, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1980	Gordon 6N, US	monthly snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	70 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1980	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1980	Julesburg, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1980	Ulysses 3NE, US	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1980	Anselmo 2 WSW, US	all-time snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	1 year	61 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1980	Gordon 6N, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1980	Bertrand, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1980	Sharon Springs, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1980	Benkelman 1N, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1980	Haswell, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1980	Arthur, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1980	Elwood 8 S, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1980	Nenzel 20 S, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1980	Hyannis, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1980	Beaumont City, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	75 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1980	Holyoke, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 years	55 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

1805 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1980. 1980 had 1,014 records.

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

Records on 03-28 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1808	2
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1861	1
1862	3
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1870	1
1872	2
1876	2
1878	3
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1890	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	8
1902	25
1903	15
1904	9
1905	45
1906	14
1907	26
1908	11
1909	7
1910	38
1911	21
1912	23
1913	28
1914	46
1915	49
1916	36
1917	44
1918	20
1919	62
1920	55
1921	79
1922	44
1923	308
1924	153
1925	124
1926	222
1927	70
1928	266
1929	236
1930	209
1931	469
1932	459
1933	193
1934	480
1935	117
1936	362
1937	576
1938	396
1939	287
1940	319
1941	255
1942	417
1943	347
1944	994
1945	719
1946	838
1947	943
1948	172
1949	316
1950	377
1951	437
1952	313
1953	303
1954	534
1955	1,111
1956	473
1957	272
1958	371
1959	385
1960	555
1961	521
1962	636
1963	1,090
1964	433
1965	517
1966	584
1967	360
1968	703
1969	630
1970	848
1971	901
1972	447
1973	670
1974	614
1975	1,996
1976	486
1977	1,254
1978	687
1979	614
1980	1,014
1981	793
1982	1,186
1983	1,014
1984	898
1985	1,449
1986	1,394
1987	1,000
1988	546
1989	2,125
1990	916
1991	1,254
1992	789
1993	987
1994	1,201
1995	988
1996	1,269
1997	591
1998	1,719
1999	839
2000	648
2001	1,081
2002	987
2003	641
2004	1,062
2005	853
2006	730
2007	1,560
2008	924
2009	1,154
2010	559
2011	913
2012	781
2013	1,008
2014	885
2015	1,329
2016	547
2017	516
2018	799
2019	457
2020	879
2021	569
2022	1,260
2023	965
2024	334
2025	1,058
2026	1,442

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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	782
50 to 100	53
100 to 150	21
150 to 200	23
200 to 250	19
250 to 300	10
300 to 350	1