Weather Records on 29 March 1996

814 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 1996. Highest significance: Ft Yates 4 SW, US.

Key Facts for 29 March 1996

On 29 March 1996, 814 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
125 were record highs and 401 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 798 daily.
Ft Yates 4 SW set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 29 March 1996.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

814 stations

814 station records on 29 March 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coalville	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keene 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tagus	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sanford	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise Beryl Jct	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan Bautista Cuicatlan (	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Springs	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watford City 14S	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tower Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hatch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Verona	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wildrose 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toliman	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mystic Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Moure	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anahuac	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fessenden	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

814 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 279, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 141, Heaviest daily snowfall 88, Deepest snow cover 59.

Records on 29 March 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	279
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	88
Deepest snow cover	59

Records on 29 March 1996 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 798.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

646 broken records

Margins by which the 646 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 1996

Top 20 records on 29 March 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 1996	Ft Yates 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	99 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1996	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	94 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1996	Insizwa (Bos), ZA	daily rain	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1996	Coalville, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1996	Richfield, US	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1996	Crosby, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1996	Rugby, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1996	Wibaux 2 E, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1996	Keene 3S, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1996	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	monthly rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1996	Newberry, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	101 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1996	Gardiner, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1996	Aibonito 1 S, PR	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	83 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1996	Elberton 2 N, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	101 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1996	Louisburg, US	daily low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1996	Tagus, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1996	Sanford, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1996	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	93 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1996	Tioga 1E, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1996	Covington, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	101 years	44 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1996. 1996 had 814 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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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	582
50 to 100	38
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	3