Weather Records on 25 March 1996

1,481 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 25 March 1996. Highest significance: Hayward Rs, US.

Key Facts for 25 March 1996

On 25 March 1996, 1,481 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 766 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,456 daily.
Hayward Rs set a daily record snowfall of 36.8 cm (14.5 in) on 25 March 1996.
Across 164 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

1,481 stations

1,481 station records on 25 March 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 25 March 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Faribault	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Greeley	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Fayette 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomer	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Camp	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Xingren	China	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Lake 5NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winsted	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paso de Molina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Champion van Riper Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hurdsfield 8 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Falls Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kanawha	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Croix Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amery	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mankato	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mellen 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Owatonna	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Menomonie	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toliman	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,481 records

Records set or tied on 25 March 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 271, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 495, Heaviest daily rainfall 292, Heaviest daily snowfall 215, Deepest snow cover 104.

Records on 25 March 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	271
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	495
Heaviest daily rainfall	292
Heaviest daily snowfall	215
Deepest snow cover	104

Records on 25 March 1996 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 1,456.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,180 broken records

Margins by which the 1,180 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

25 March 1996

Top 20 records on 25 March 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
25 March 1996	Hayward Rs, US	daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1996	Faribault, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	96 years	72 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1996	Greeley, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	96 years	70 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1996	Fayette 4 SW, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1996	Minocqua, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1996	Park Falls Dnr HQ, US	all-time snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	65 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1996	Webster City, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	90 years	63 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1996	Hutchinson 1 N, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	96 years	60 of 100 (Major)
25 March 1996	Foxholm 7 N, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	69 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1996	Rhinelander, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	70 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1996	Bloomer, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1996	Stillwater 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	83 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1996	Minocqua, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	90 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1996	Carroll, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1996	Sugar Camp, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	21 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1996	Northwood, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1996	Loup City, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	83 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1996	Xingren, CN	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1996	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	101 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
25 March 1996	Zumbrota, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	51 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

1806 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1996. 1996 had 1,481 records.

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

Records on 03-25 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1830	1
1837	1
1841	1
1847	1
1850	2
1851	1
1857	1
1861	1
1862	2
1865	2
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1876	4
1877	1
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1882	2
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	1
1896	10
1897	6
1898	1
1899	6
1900	2
1901	11
1902	13
1903	16
1904	21
1905	22
1906	20
1907	10
1908	8
1909	26
1910	65
1911	14
1912	22
1913	125
1914	68
1915	21
1916	26
1917	33
1918	25
1919	38
1920	82
1921	73
1922	33
1923	80
1924	45
1925	101
1926	289
1927	113
1928	265
1929	473
1930	216
1931	95
1932	283
1933	331
1934	402
1935	377
1936	227
1937	539
1938	427
1939	606
1940	1,544
1941	351
1942	518
1943	227
1944	373
1945	816
1946	528
1947	395
1948	274
1949	421
1950	348
1951	489
1952	429
1953	598
1954	667
1955	1,548
1956	849
1957	534
1958	355
1959	251
1960	1,108
1961	369
1962	330
1963	569
1964	893
1965	1,553
1966	536
1967	655
1968	787
1969	938
1970	297
1971	699
1972	439
1973	681
1974	1,110
1975	690
1976	472
1977	553
1978	725
1979	768
1980	382
1981	1,059
1982	540
1983	1,146
1984	704
1985	424
1986	660
1987	859
1988	1,250
1989	777
1990	1,204
1991	828
1992	642
1993	834
1994	1,210
1995	1,181
1996	1,481
1997	777
1998	1,222
1999	793
2000	654
2001	1,159
2002	814
2003	463
2004	1,395
2005	695
2006	1,000
2007	1,926
2008	1,455
2009	910
2010	756
2011	738
2012	1,113
2013	2,029
2014	986
2015	567
2016	511
2017	596
2018	784
2019	421
2020	882
2021	709
2022	957
2023	1,805
2024	806
2025	1,707
2026	2,283

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Data for records on 1996-03-25: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,018
50 to 100	90
100 to 150	35
150 to 200	20
200 to 250	12
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	2