Weather Records on 29 March 1993

830 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 1993. Highest significance: Morrisville 6 SW, US.

Key Facts for 29 March 1993

On 29 March 1993, 830 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
188 were record highs and 319 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 785 daily.
Morrisville 6 SW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 29 March 1993.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

830 stations

830 station records on 29 March 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Andradina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Avai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Faskally	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Itaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.1 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iacri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bute: Rothesay	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Serrinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aracatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vestmannaeyjar	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Makakatana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Panorama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin 5 S	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bastos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Osvaldo Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlee	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leadhills	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Extremadura	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplyne	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Santa Maria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moroni	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Remedios	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

830 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 87, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 268, Heaviest daily rainfall 280, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 29 March 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	87
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	268
Heaviest daily rainfall	280
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 29 March 1993 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 44, daily 785.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

697 broken records

Margins by which the 697 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 1993

Top 20 records on 29 March 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 1993	Morrisville 6 SW, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
29 March 1993	Comanche, US	monthly rain	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1993	Holbrook, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	99 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1993	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	74 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1993	Andradina, BR	daily rain	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1993	Avai, BR	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1993	Hanover, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1993	Sutherland, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1993	Paisley, GB	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1993	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1993	Newburyport, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1993	Carlton Hill, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	82 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1993	Gardiner, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1993	Auburn, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1993	Faskally, GB	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1993	Britt 3E, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1993	Crowell, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1993	Ft Duchesne, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1993	Itaju, BR	daily rain	107.1 mm (4.2 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1993	Buckhannon, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	68 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 830 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 1993-03-29: 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 50	668
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	1