Weather Records on 24 March 1987

962 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1987. Highest significance: Ness City, US.

Key Facts for 24 March 1987

On 24 March 1987, 962 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
372 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 914 daily.
Ness City set a daily record snowfall of 33.0 cm (13.0 in) on 24 March 1987.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

962 stations

962 station records on 24 March 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ness City	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wagner	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Chambers	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Claude	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Conde	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Omu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eschwege	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Neligh	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aneth Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harare (Kutsaga)	Zimbabwe	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Larissa	Greece	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista de Cuellar	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norcatur 3WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

962 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 153, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 219, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 216, Heaviest daily snowfall 104, Deepest snow cover 105.

Records on 24 March 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	153
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	219
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	216
Heaviest daily snowfall	104
Deepest snow cover	105

Records on 24 March 1987 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 43, daily 914.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

784 broken records

Margins by which the 784 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1987

Top 20 records on 24 March 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1987	Ness City, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	85 years	74 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1987	Wilsonville, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	85 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1987	Norton 9SSE, US	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1987	Loup City, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	85 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1987	Wagner, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1987	Chambers, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1987	Miami, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1987	Claude, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	81 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1987	Loup City, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	29 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1987	Houma, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1987	Ericson 8 WNW, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1987	Conde, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1987	Chambers, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1987	Newport, US	daily snowfall	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	24.3 cm (9.6 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1987	Albion, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1987	Menno, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1987	Miami, US	monthly snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1987	Omu, JP	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1987	Ness City, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1987	Oberlin, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	50 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

1794 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1987. 1987 had 962 records.

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

Records on 03-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1847	1
1850	2
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1874	2
1876	1
1877	3
1879	2
1882	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	20
1896	10
1897	7
1898	6
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	11
1903	33
1904	8
1905	13
1906	24
1907	31
1908	20
1909	25
1910	40
1911	4
1912	23
1913	83
1914	36
1915	24
1916	29
1917	27
1918	20
1919	22
1920	53
1921	41
1922	31
1923	94
1924	65
1925	76
1926	328
1927	129
1928	277
1929	554
1930	82
1931	102
1932	240
1933	206
1934	731
1935	219
1936	346
1937	336
1938	449
1939	554
1940	1,504
1941	258
1942	176
1943	210
1944	367
1945	699
1946	212
1947	394
1948	321
1949	324
1950	383
1951	373
1952	779
1953	955
1954	489
1955	1,227
1956	607
1957	533
1958	440
1959	171
1960	855
1961	359
1962	343
1963	499
1964	1,094
1965	1,994
1966	633
1967	893
1968	1,217
1969	1,057
1970	219
1971	638
1972	466
1973	728
1974	1,667
1975	926
1976	448
1977	454
1978	508
1979	1,058
1980	506
1981	900
1982	559
1983	1,118
1984	487
1985	418
1986	987
1987	962
1988	1,165
1989	1,072
1990	1,537
1991	919
1992	760
1993	1,210
1994	1,379
1995	1,287
1996	873
1997	779
1998	1,222
1999	522
2000	780
2001	921
2002	598
2003	693
2004	1,338
2005	864
2006	1,162
2007	1,963
2008	1,368
2009	920
2010	647
2011	888
2012	1,631
2013	1,670
2014	948
2015	597
2016	737
2017	651
2018	817
2019	361
2020	575
2021	1,018
2022	881
2023	1,538
2024	820
2025	1,207
2026	2,004

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 24 March 1987
Margin	Records
0 to 100	729
100 to 200	38
200 to 300	13
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1