Weather Records on 24 March 1999

522 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1999. Highest significance: Norseman, AU.

Key Facts for 24 March 1999

On 24 March 1999, 522 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
227 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 511 daily.
Norseman set a daily record precipitation of 67.4 mm (2.7 in) on 24 March 1999.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

522 stations

522 station records on 24 March 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Norseman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Fraser Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Glen Florrie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Wyloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Lyons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Noondoonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Balladonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka WFO Woodley Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mardathuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woolibar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Turee Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hill Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Millstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wittenoom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Caiguna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Stuart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kooline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madre de Deus de Minas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Couro Do Cervo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Denton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Laranjeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Atil	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meoqui (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brohovo	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rawlinna Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Servilleta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carandai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ciudad Serdan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Magadan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Malaga Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Punta Prieta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barroso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barnaul	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenoom	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte Joao Candido	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Palo Verde	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-14.2 C (6.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nachiki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-38.7 C (-37.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stonyford	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brohovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.8 C (-32.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

522 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 63, Heaviest daily rainfall 176, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 24 March 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	63
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 24 March 1999 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 511.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

406 broken records

Margins by which the 406 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1999

Top 20 records on 24 March 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1999	Norseman, AU	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1999	Fraser Range, AU	daily rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	73 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1999	Glen Florrie Station, AU	daily rain	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1999	Wyloo, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1999	Lyons River, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1999	Noondoonia, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1999	Coolgardie Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1999	Ft Bragg 5 N, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1999	Balladonia, AU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1999	Bulong, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1999	Red Hill, AU	daily rain	108.6 mm (4.3 in)	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	9 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1999	Eureka WFO Woodley Is, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1999	Mardathuna, AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1999	Eyre, AU	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1999	Woolibar, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1999	Turee Creek, AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1999	Cold Bay AP, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1999	Hill Springs, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1999	Millstream, AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	65 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1999	Wanna, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	46 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1999. 1999 had 522 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 100	402
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1