Weather Records on 23 March 2001

995 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 2001. Highest significance: Mickleham, AU.

Key Facts for 23 March 2001

On 23 March 2001, 995 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
409 were record highs and 185 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 943 daily.
Mickleham set a monthly record daily precipitation of 103.2 mm (4.1 in) on 23 March 2001.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

995 stations

995 station records on 23 March 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mickleham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Constanta	Romania	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Union Village Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Queenscliff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weddingstedt	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goyders Lagoon (Clifton Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bothwell (Cluny)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Erfde	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cayey 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Epping	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Es Senia	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.6 C (97.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Laverton Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Romsey (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Neumunster	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Massabesic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sherwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwick	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Jeronimo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Long Falls Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
York Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrenceville 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
High Camp (Lannermoor)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cagliari	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palpan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

995 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 228, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 181, Lowest daily minimum 103, Heaviest daily rainfall 314, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 61.

Records on 23 March 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	228
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	181
Lowest daily minimum	103
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	61

Records on 23 March 2001 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 51, daily 943.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

842 broken records

Margins by which the 842 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

23 March 2001

Top 20 records on 23 March 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 2001	Mickleham, AU	monthly rain	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	75 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2001	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2001	Kilmore Assumption College, AU	daily rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2001	Grafton, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	98 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2001	Constanta, RO	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2001	Union Village Dam, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2001	Flemington Racecourse, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2001	Queenscliff, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2001	Melbourne Airport, AU	monthly rain	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2001	Cornwall, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	101 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2001	Greifswald, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	101 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2001	Newburyport, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2001	Weddingstedt, DE	daily snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	62 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2001	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	120 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2001	Mancos 1SW, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	92 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2001	Hanover, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2001	Goyders Lagoon (Clifton Hills), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	106 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2001	Bothwell (Cluny), AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2001	Erfde, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2001	Guayama 1SW, PR	monthly low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	81 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

1796 to 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2001. 2001 had 995 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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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	797
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	3
350 to 400	1