Weather Records on 29 March 1986

1,553 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 1986. Highest significance: La Motte (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 29 March 1986

On 29 March 1986, 1,553 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,361 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 318 monthly and 1,235 daily.
La Motte (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 51.0 mm (2.0 in) on 29 March 1986.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

1,553 stations

1,553 station records on 29 March 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
La Motte (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Washburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Supai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,553 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 810, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 551, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 110, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 29 March 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	810
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	551
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 29 March 1986 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 318, daily 1,235.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,145 broken records

Margins by which the 1,145 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 1986

Top 20 records on 29 March 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 1986	La Motte (Bos), ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1986	Cangzhou, CN	monthly rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1986	Huajintlan, MX	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	13.3 C (23.9 F)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1986	Port Washington, US	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1986	Jefferson, US	monthly high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	90 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1986	St George, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	91 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1986	Walnut, US	monthly high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	90 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1986	Clinton #1, US	monthly high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	90 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1986	Genoa 2 W, US	monthly high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1986	Baraboo Wwtp, US	monthly high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1986	Yellowstone Park Mammoth, US	monthly high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1986	Buckeye, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1986	Greenfield, US	monthly high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1986	Iowa City, US	monthly high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1986	Knoxville, US	monthly high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1986	Newton, US	monthly high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1986	Osceola, US	monthly high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1986	Washington, US	monthly high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1986	Williamsburg 1E, US	monthly high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1986	Anaconda, US	monthly high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	83 years	45 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1986. 1986 had 1,553 records.

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

Records on 03-29 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1808	1
1822	2
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	3
1862	3
1865	5
1866	1
1869	1
1872	5
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	3
1890	11
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	6
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	11
1902	35
1903	7
1904	15
1905	48
1906	12
1907	41
1908	2
1909	11
1910	46
1911	23
1912	36
1913	21
1914	11
1915	54
1916	18
1917	38
1918	29
1919	47
1920	45
1921	49
1922	30
1923	304
1924	272
1925	92
1926	258
1927	71
1928	183
1929	99
1930	169
1931	336
1932	165
1933	288
1934	261
1935	115
1936	555
1937	550
1938	556
1939	297
1940	252
1941	310
1942	397
1943	561
1944	1,331
1945	722
1946	730
1947	935
1948	292
1949	321
1950	465
1951	510
1952	356
1953	268
1954	828
1955	635
1956	435
1957	249
1958	401
1959	526
1960	311
1961	463
1962	555
1963	1,341
1964	947
1965	450
1966	730
1967	877
1968	895
1969	1,260
1970	1,043
1971	610
1972	629
1973	905
1974	643
1975	1,571
1976	496
1977	1,554
1978	759
1979	640
1980	815
1981	982
1982	801
1983	657
1984	1,103
1985	1,576
1986	1,553
1987	1,674
1988	657
1989	1,359
1990	705
1991	1,027
1992	633
1993	830
1994	910
1995	1,074
1996	814
1997	679
1998	1,769
1999	625
2000	795
2001	793
2002	1,234
2003	841
2004	1,426
2005	744
2006	720
2007	1,450
2008	906
2009	1,199
2010	915
2011	685
2012	652
2013	762
2014	554
2015	1,786
2016	565
2017	907
2018	462
2019	434
2020	853
2021	674
2022	841
2023	1,076
2024	304
2025	1,168
2026	1,467

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Data for records on 1986-03-29: 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 20	1,138
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1