Weather Records on 28 March 1993

987 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 1993. Highest significance: Collbran, US.

Key Facts for 28 March 1993

On 28 March 1993, 987 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
235 were record highs and 383 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 952 daily.
Collbran set a monthly record daily precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 28 March 1993.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

987 stations

987 station records on 28 March 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Collbran	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Climax	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Altenbern	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Devon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arltunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Swifts Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tindarey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lviv	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dellicknora (Tellicura)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elandspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Miandetta (Tyrone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tolleson 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Climax	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Do Rio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin 5 S	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Allen's Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leadville Lake Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brazzaville	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	320.0 mm (12.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weemelah (Crinolyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangra (Wallangra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ocotlan de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corozal Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tubbut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Medio Monte	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pinetop 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Bundabarina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dzaore	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.2 C (-18.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beerlaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rvr Pumps	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ogallala	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

987 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 283, Heaviest daily rainfall 284, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 72.

Records on 28 March 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	283
Heaviest daily rainfall	284
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	72

Records on 28 March 1993 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 33, daily 952.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

809 broken records

Margins by which the 809 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

28 March 1993

Top 20 records on 28 March 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 1993	Collbran, US	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1993	Climax, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1993	Gardiner, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	105 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1993	Altenbern, US	monthly rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1993	Newburyport, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1993	Devon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1993	Arltunga, AU	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1993	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1993	Swifts Creek, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1993	Cobar (Tindarey), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	110 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1993	Lviv, UA	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1993	Britt 3E, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1993	Dellicknora (Tellicura), AU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1993	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily low max	0.1 C (32.2 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	109 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1993	Elandspoort, ZA	daily rain	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1993	Mungindi (Cambo Cambo), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1993	Miandetta (Tyrone), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1993	Innsbruck, AT	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1993	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1993	Crosby, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	83 years	42 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1993. 1993 had 987 records.

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

Records on 03-28 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1808	2
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1861	1
1862	3
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1870	1
1872	2
1876	2
1878	3
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1890	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	8
1902	25
1903	15
1904	9
1905	45
1906	14
1907	26
1908	11
1909	7
1910	38
1911	21
1912	23
1913	28
1914	46
1915	49
1916	36
1917	44
1918	20
1919	62
1920	55
1921	79
1922	44
1923	308
1924	153
1925	124
1926	222
1927	70
1928	266
1929	236
1930	209
1931	469
1932	459
1933	193
1934	480
1935	117
1936	362
1937	576
1938	396
1939	287
1940	319
1941	255
1942	417
1943	347
1944	994
1945	719
1946	838
1947	943
1948	172
1949	316
1950	377
1951	437
1952	313
1953	303
1954	534
1955	1,111
1956	473
1957	272
1958	371
1959	385
1960	555
1961	521
1962	636
1963	1,090
1964	433
1965	517
1966	584
1967	360
1968	703
1969	630
1970	848
1971	901
1972	447
1973	670
1974	614
1975	1,996
1976	486
1977	1,254
1978	687
1979	614
1980	1,014
1981	793
1982	1,186
1983	1,014
1984	898
1985	1,449
1986	1,394
1987	1,000
1988	546
1989	2,125
1990	916
1991	1,254
1992	789
1993	987
1994	1,201
1995	988
1996	1,269
1997	591
1998	1,719
1999	839
2000	648
2001	1,081
2002	987
2003	641
2004	1,062
2005	853
2006	730
2007	1,560
2008	924
2009	1,154
2010	559
2011	913
2012	781
2013	1,008
2014	885
2015	1,329
2016	547
2017	516
2018	799
2019	457
2020	879
2021	569
2022	1,260
2023	965
2024	334
2025	1,058
2026	1,442

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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	761
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	10
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	4
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	2