Weather Records on 28 March 1984

898 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 1984. Highest significance: Quitman 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 28 March 1984

On 28 March 1984, 898 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
236 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 850 daily.
Quitman 2 NW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 212.1 mm (8.4 in) on 28 March 1984.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

898 stations

898 station records on 28 March 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kugali	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Suffolk Lake Kilby	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fundao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oceana NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Catharinasvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson Rch	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cavalinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Turquoise Bonanza Ck	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morokweng (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg Capital City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	262.3 mm (10.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carsanga	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coen Airport Evap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dzhergital	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tangier Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tavil-Dora	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aguiar da Beira	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Folkston 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mays Landing 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Grove NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Culpeper	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haidarakan	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hagerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia Drexel Un	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Phila Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsport Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mercersburg 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Patuxent River NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ak-Terk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chipinge	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mineola	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford Hydro STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yadkinville 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Union 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

898 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 136, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 462, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 28 March 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	136
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	462
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 28 March 1984 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 44, daily 850.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

761 broken records

Margins by which the 761 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 235.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 March 1984

Top 20 records on 28 March 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 1984	Quitman 2 NW, US	monthly rain	212.1 mm (8.4 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	0 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1984	Kugali, KZ	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1984	Suffolk Lake Kilby, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1984	Fundao, BR	daily rain	113.2 mm (4.5 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1984	Oceana NAS, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1984	Catharinasvlei, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1984	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1984	Norfolk Intl AP, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1984	Johnson Rch, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1984	Cavalinho, BR	daily rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	117.8 mm (4.6 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1984	Ashland, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1984	Turquoise Bonanza Ck, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1984	Morokweng (Pol), ZA	daily rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1984	Harrisburg Capital City AP, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1984	Iguape, BR	daily rain	262.3 mm (10.3 in)	235.7 mm (9.3 in)	6 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1984	Turffontein, ZA	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1984	Carsanga, TM	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1984	Plainfield, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	90 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1984	Coen Airport Evap, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1984	Dzhergital, KG	monthly rain	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	35 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

1805 to 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1984. 1984 had 898 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	723
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	3