Weather Records on 30 March 1985

1,331 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 March 1985. Highest significance: Paonia 1SW, US.

Key Facts for 30 March 1985

On 30 March 1985, 1,331 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
381 were record highs and 292 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 76 monthly and 1,255 daily.
Paonia 1SW set a daily record snowfall of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 30 March 1985.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

1,331 stations

1,331 station records on 30 March 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 March 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Delta	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wagoner	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Buttah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Madill	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Smith Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rifle	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Licking 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Firth	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spavinaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka Springs 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Del Norte 3ENE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Koosharem	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumka 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Antelope	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus-Valley Crossing	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce City	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sayre	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pt Marion Lock 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamer 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,331 records

Records set or tied on 30 March 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 167, Lowest daily maximum 147, Highest daily minimum 214, Lowest daily minimum 145, Heaviest daily rainfall 447, Heaviest daily snowfall 108, Deepest snow cover 103.

Records on 30 March 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	167
Lowest daily maximum	147
Highest daily minimum	214
Lowest daily minimum	145
Heaviest daily rainfall	447
Heaviest daily snowfall	108
Deepest snow cover	103

Records on 30 March 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 76, daily 1,255.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,079 broken records

Margins by which the 1,079 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 March 1985

Top 20 records on 30 March 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 March 1985	Paonia 1SW, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	87 years	75 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1985	Vevay, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	88 years	72 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1985	Delta, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	85 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1985	Grafton, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	83 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1985	Wagoner, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	70 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1985	Paoli, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1985	Salem, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1985	Hamilton Fairfield, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1985	Xenia 6 SSE, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1985	Cassville 1 NE, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1985	Waurika, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1985	Buttah, AU	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1985	Columbus 3 NE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	89 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1985	Madill, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1985	Albion, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1985	Anna 4 N, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	63 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1985	Scottsburg, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1985	Center 4 SSW, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1985	Lamar 7N, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1985	Lockwood, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	53 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1985. 1985 had 1,331 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1985-03-30: 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 100	1,043
100 to 200	23
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1