Weather Records on 29 March 1997

679 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 1997. Highest significance: Fergus Falls, US.

Key Facts for 29 March 1997

On 29 March 1997, 679 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
302 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 637 daily.
Fergus Falls set a daily record snow depth of 86.4 cm (34.0 in) on 29 March 1997.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

679 stations

679 station records on 29 March 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Waychinicup Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.5 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sovatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
The Oaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newdegate Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ankenes	Norway	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Doodenanning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roselea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dowagiac 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jacup Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haboro	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guadalupe Y Calvo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Puerto Real	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Todos Santos (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arteaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dixville Notch	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alpena Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bunkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kaumana 88.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede (Whitemarsh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wedgefield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gairdner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Miahuatlan (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stolhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Reynolds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Goncalo Do Abaete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kitamiesashi	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

679 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 163, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 139, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 29 March 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	163
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	139
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 29 March 1997 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 42, daily 637.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

518 broken records

Margins by which the 518 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 1997

Top 20 records on 29 March 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 1997	Fergus Falls, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1997	Yale 1 NNW, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1997	Waychinicup Downs, AU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1997	New Bedford Coop, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1997	Bau, BR	monthly rain	106.5 mm (4.2 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1997	Sovatnet, NO	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1997	Charlotte, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1997	The Oaks, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1997	Newdegate Research Station, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1997	Ankenes, NO	daily snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	86 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1997	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1997	Howell Wwtp, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	72 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1997	Timovskoe, RU	daily high min	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	105 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1997	Plain Dealing, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	101 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1997	Indian Mills 2 W, US	monthly rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	65 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1997	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1997	Paint Rock, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1997	Hatteras, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1997	Doodenanning, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1997	Roselea, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	38 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1997. 1997 had 679 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 100	507
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1