Weather Records on 28 March 1999

839 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 1999. Highest significance: Hay (Miller Street), AU.

Key Facts for 28 March 1999

On 28 March 1999, 839 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
157 were record highs and 264 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 812 daily.
Hay (Miller Street) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 116.8 mm (4.6 in) on 28 March 1999.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

839 stations

839 station records on 28 March 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Carrathool (Gum Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Chimacum 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Horeb (Marathorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fowlerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marrar (Centenary Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Corrong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Zapata 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Maude Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Scoresby Research Institute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Raymondville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Epsom Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Koetong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port O'Connor	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tootool (Bryntirion)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Humula (Rylands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Old Junee (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cabramurra Smhea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sebastopol (Erin Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Falcon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kulani Camp 79	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ganmain Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yenda (Henry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Xingren	China	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Batlow (Halloween)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrangobilly Caves	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corryong (Parish Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Guiyang	China	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

839 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 83, Lowest daily maximum 173, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 388, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 28 March 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	83
Lowest daily maximum	173
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	388
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 28 March 1999 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 812.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

717 broken records

Margins by which the 717 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

28 March 1999

Top 20 records on 28 March 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 1999	Hay (Miller Street), AU	monthly rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	117 years	78 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1999	Brownsville, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	77 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1999	Carrathool (Gum Creek), AU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	92 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 March 1999	Chimacum 4 S, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1999	Mount Horeb (Marathorn), AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1999	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	93 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1999	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1999	Fowlerton, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1999	Cootamundra (Landgrove), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1999	Marrar (Centenary Drive), AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1999	Hay (Corrong), AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	117 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1999	Zapata 1 S, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1999	Runge, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1999	Maude Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1999	Big Falls, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1999	Palmerville, AU	daily low min	16.0 C (60.8 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	97 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1999	Scoresby Research Institute, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1999	Eskdalemuir, GB	daily rain	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1999	Raymondville, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 1999	Broken Hill (Kars), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	107 years	50 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1999. 1999 had 839 records.

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

Records on 03-28 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1808	2
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1861	1
1862	3
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1870	1
1872	2
1876	2
1878	3
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1890	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	8
1902	25
1903	15
1904	9
1905	45
1906	14
1907	26
1908	11
1909	7
1910	38
1911	21
1912	23
1913	28
1914	46
1915	49
1916	36
1917	44
1918	20
1919	62
1920	55
1921	79
1922	44
1923	308
1924	153
1925	124
1926	222
1927	70
1928	266
1929	236
1930	209
1931	469
1932	459
1933	193
1934	480
1935	117
1936	362
1937	576
1938	396
1939	287
1940	319
1941	255
1942	417
1943	347
1944	994
1945	719
1946	838
1947	943
1948	172
1949	316
1950	377
1951	437
1952	313
1953	303
1954	534
1955	1,111
1956	473
1957	272
1958	371
1959	385
1960	555
1961	521
1962	636
1963	1,090
1964	433
1965	517
1966	584
1967	360
1968	703
1969	630
1970	848
1971	901
1972	447
1973	670
1974	614
1975	1,996
1976	486
1977	1,254
1978	687
1979	614
1980	1,014
1981	793
1982	1,186
1983	1,014
1984	898
1985	1,449
1986	1,394
1987	1,000
1988	546
1989	2,125
1990	916
1991	1,254
1992	789
1993	987
1994	1,201
1995	988
1996	1,269
1997	591
1998	1,719
1999	839
2000	648
2001	1,081
2002	987
2003	641
2004	1,062
2005	853
2006	730
2007	1,560
2008	924
2009	1,154
2010	559
2011	913
2012	781
2013	1,008
2014	885
2015	1,329
2016	547
2017	516
2018	799
2019	457
2020	879
2021	569
2022	1,260
2023	965
2024	334
2025	1,058
2026	1,442

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Data for records on 1999-03-28: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	712
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1