Weather Records on 29 March 1987

1,674 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 1987. Highest significance: Sidney 1SSE, US.

Key Facts for 29 March 1987

On 29 March 1987, 1,674 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
169 were record highs and 854 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,623 daily.
Sidney 1SSE set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 29 March 1987.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

1,674 stations

1,674 station records on 29 March 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Hebron	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Virginia	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Osage	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Blair	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 1SSE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Polk	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsonville	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bennet	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kissimmee 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Damar	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spalding 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Donald	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beemer	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,674 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 459, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 395, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 240, Deepest snow cover 184.

Records on 29 March 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	459
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	395
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	240
Deepest snow cover	184

Records on 29 March 1987 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 35, daily 1,623.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,362 broken records

Margins by which the 1,362 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 1987

Top 20 records on 29 March 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 1987	Sidney 1SSE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	90 years	76 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1987	Hebron, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	85 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1987	Glenwood 3SW, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	93 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1987	Chatham Exp Fa, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1987	Fairbury 7S, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	85 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1987	Tribune 1W, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1987	Hastings 4N, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1987	Guthrie Ctr, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	91 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1987	Virginia, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1987	Osage, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	86 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1987	Blair, US	monthly rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1987	Blair, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	62 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1987	Red Bluff Dam, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1987	Clay Ctr 6 ESE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1987	Hastings 4N, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	66 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1987	Lyons, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	32 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1987	Orleans 2 W, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1987	Red Cloud, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	74 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1987	Fairmont, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1987	Harlan Co Lake, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	57 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1987. 1987 had 1,674 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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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	1,119
50 to 100	96
100 to 150	53
150 to 200	39
200 to 250	27
250 to 300	18
300 to 350	9
350 to 400	1