Weather Records on 28 March 2001

1,081 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 2001. Highest significance: Anahuac, US.

Key Facts for 28 March 2001

On 28 March 2001, 1,081 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 573 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 1,047 daily.
Anahuac set a monthly record daily precipitation of 191.8 mm (7.6 in) on 28 March 2001.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

1,081 stations

1,081 station records on 28 March 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Baytown	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwick	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Umiat	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rockefeller Wl Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jarrell	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hackberry 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tomball	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ballyshannon (Cathleens Fall)	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker 12 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
College Obsy	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Teague Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lezay	France	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont Rsch Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chichijima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winnfield 3 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Catus	France	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,081 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 299, Highest daily minimum 108, Lowest daily minimum 274, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 72.

Records on 28 March 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	299
Highest daily minimum	108
Lowest daily minimum	274
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	72

Records on 28 March 2001 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 34, daily 1,047.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

825 broken records

Margins by which the 825 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 560.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 March 2001

Top 20 records on 28 March 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 2001	Anahuac, US	monthly rain	191.8 mm (7.6 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	79 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
28 March 2001	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	95 years	67 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2001	Baytown, US	monthly rain	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2001	Brenham, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	78 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2001	Poitiers - Biard, FR	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2001	Hardwick, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	62 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2001	Ashton 1N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2001	Umiat, US	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2001	Sugar Land, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2001	Rockefeller Wl Refuge, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	6 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2001	Jarrell, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2001	Hackberry 8 SSW, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2001	Liberty, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2001	Tomball, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2001	Healdton 3 E, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	102 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2001	Newberry, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	106 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2001	Ballyshannon (Cathleens Fall), IE	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2001	Baldwin, US	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2001	Paradise Valley 1 NW, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2001	Hooker 12 NNW, US	daily snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	88 years	42 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2001. 2001 had 1,081 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2001-03-28: 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	801
100 to 200	18
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1