Weather Records on 24 March 1992

760 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1992. Highest significance: Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE.

Key Facts for 24 March 1992

On 24 March 1992, 760 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
194 were record highs and 254 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 747 daily.
Leipzig-Holzhausen set a daily record precipitation of 26.2 mm (1.0 in) on 24 March 1992.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

760 stations

760 station records on 24 March 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Coxilha Rica	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	126.8 mm (5.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Buctzotz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Universo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Capela Do Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper Lake Project	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Smartno Pri Slovenj Gradcu	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Itaporanga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wandana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yuinmery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lingling	China	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsville	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Itai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Obersulm-Willsbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springs-Olympia Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bom Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mosteiro Itaporanga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ratece-Planica	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kasane	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olaria Dos Padres Aneel/Cesp	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Andira Anell/Cesp	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Piraju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taquarucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Carazinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Royal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tupa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coronel Macedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
South West Rocks (Smoky Cape L	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.8 mm (5.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sisal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Juana Diaz Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ludlow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heilbronn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Luiz Do Curu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aracatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Motul	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vojsko	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tejupa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Engenheiro Maia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rheinau-Memprechtshofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Schmucke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kredarica	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Laranja Doce	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rastatt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bad-Calmbach Wildbad	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Marlboro 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eppingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

760 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 163, Heaviest daily rainfall 265, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 41.

Records on 24 March 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	163
Heaviest daily rainfall	265
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	41

Records on 24 March 1992 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 747.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

608 broken records

Margins by which the 608 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1992

Top 20 records on 24 March 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1992	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1992	Coxilha Rica, BR	monthly rain	126.8 mm (5.0 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1992	Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1992	Fazenda Rio Preto, BR	daily rain	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1992	Buctzotz, MX	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1992	Universo, BR	daily rain	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1992	Capela Do Porto, BR	daily rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1992	Cooper Lake Project, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1992	Smartno Pri Slovenj Gradcu, SI	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1992	Itaporanga, BR	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1992	Cordova AP, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1992	Wandana, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1992	Yuinmery, AU	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1992	Lingling, CN	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1992	Boonton 1 SE, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1992	Wellsville, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1992	Bradford Cntrl Fs, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1992	Itai, BR	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1992	Obersulm-Willsbach, DE	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1992	Springs-Olympia Park, ZA	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	40 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1992. 1992 had 760 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	580
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2