Weather Records on 23 March 2002

1,130 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 2002. Highest significance: Chardzhev, TM.

Key Facts for 23 March 2002

On 23 March 2002, 1,130 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
299 were record highs and 656 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 1,105 daily.
Chardzhev set a daily record precipitation of 52.1 mm (2.1 in) on 23 March 2002.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

1,130 stations

1,130 station records on 23 March 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Dombarovskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Polson	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose de Gracia	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wagoner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Skq Dam	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Range	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
East London	South Africa	Record low minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edirne	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crane	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Suaqui Grande (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uttaradit	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holter Dam	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Massabesic Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
High Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,130 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 170, Lowest daily maximum 296, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 360, Heaviest daily rainfall 140, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 23 March 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	170
Lowest daily maximum	296
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	360
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 23 March 2002 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 24, daily 1,105.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

859 broken records

Margins by which the 859 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 2002

Top 20 records on 23 March 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 2002	Chardzhev, TM	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2002	Dombarovskij, RU	monthly rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2002	Lancaster, US	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	105 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2002	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2002	Polson, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2002	Newkirk 5NE, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	103 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2002	Gardiner, US	daily low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2002	Wood, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2002	McGregor, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	107 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2002	Philippi, US	daily low max	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	87 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2002	San Jose de Gracia, MX	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2002	Syracuse, US	daily low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2002	Mt Airy 2 W, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2002	Hot Springs, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2002	Ballinger 2 NW, US	daily low max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2002	Neosho, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2002	Wagoner, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2002	Valentine, US	daily low min	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2002	Elizabeth, US	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	108 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2002	Storrs, US	daily low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	39 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2002. 2002 had 1,130 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	844
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1