Weather Records on 24 March 1995

1,287 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1995. Highest significance: Cologne, ZA.

Key Facts for 24 March 1995

On 24 March 1995, 1,287 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
676 were record highs and 257 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 1,224 daily.
Cologne set a monthly record daily precipitation of 104.0 mm (4.1 in) on 24 March 1995.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

1,287 stations

1,287 station records on 24 March 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cologne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Springs (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Potgietersrus	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rosherville (Pow)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown 11 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown 11 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barao de Antonina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Long Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Falls - Kifi	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Radio Kvnu	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tonsina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Passo Major Zeferino	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Klaarstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rooiberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amersfoort (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Engenheiro Hermilo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Shahat	Libya	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mojave	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Homer 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Imlay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer Job Corps	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Capisa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hayfield Pumping Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,287 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 409, Lowest daily maximum 146, Highest daily minimum 267, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 268, Heaviest daily snowfall 53, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 24 March 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	409
Lowest daily maximum	146
Highest daily minimum	267
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	268
Heaviest daily snowfall	53
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 24 March 1995 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 62, daily 1,224.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

963 broken records

Margins by which the 963 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

24 March 1995

Top 20 records on 24 March 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1995	Cologne, ZA	monthly rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	73 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1995	Springs (Rwb), ZA	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	69 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1995	Durban Roodepoort Deep Gm, ZA	daily rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	74 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1995	Potgietersrus, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	89 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1995	Deseret, US	monthly snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	92 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1995	Deseret, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1995	Driefontein, ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1995	Dutch Harbor, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1995	Dubois Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1995	Rosherville (Pow), ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1995	Chinook, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	96 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1995	Lewistown 11 SSE, US	daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1995	Matanuska Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	66 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1995	Lewistown 11 SSE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1995	Barao de Antonina, BR	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1995	Roodepoort, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1995	Farmington 3 NW, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1995	Portola, US	monthly low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	73 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1995	McDermitt, US	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1995	Virginia City, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	103 years	41 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1995. 1995 had 1,287 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	924
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	2