Weather Records on 14 March 1985

580 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 1985. Highest significance: Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv, ZA.

Key Facts for 14 March 1985

On 14 March 1985, 580 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 571 daily.
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 14 March 1985.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

580 stations

580 station records on 14 March 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Table.Mtn Platteklip	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Hopefield (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lupi Upper 442	United States	Record daily precipitation	497.8 mm (19.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nelsdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zapotitlan de Mendez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elsenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bergzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Philadelphia Polisie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Langgewens (Wrs)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anna	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Town Maitland (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whitney Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Gulf	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Observatory	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bysonder	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Deer Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vega de Alatorre	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Negley 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Pinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thompsons 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	100.5 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Motte (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

580 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 57, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 334, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 14 March 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	57
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	334
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 14 March 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 571.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

512 broken records

Margins by which the 512 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 429.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 1985

Top 20 records on 14 March 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 1985	Tabl.Mtn Molteno Rsv, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	87 years	74 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1985	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1985	Sugar Land, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1985	Table.Mtn Platteklip, ZA	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	98 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1985	Nixon, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1985	Hopefield (Pol), ZA	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1985	Ft Hall 1 NNE, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	62 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1985	The Towers, ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1985	Eastland, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1985	Lupi Upper 442, US	daily rain	497.8 mm (19.6 in)	429.7 mm (16.9 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1985	Nelsdrift, ZA	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1985	Richmond, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1985	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1985	Zapotitlan de Mendez, MX	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1985	Cuero, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1985	Hewitt, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1985	Elsenburg, ZA	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1985	Bergzicht, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1985	Philadelphia Polisie, ZA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1985	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	51 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

1810 to 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1985. 1985 had 580 records.

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

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

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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 100	505
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1