Weather Records on 24 March 2002

598 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 2002. Highest significance: Kisinev, MD.

Key Facts for 24 March 2002

On 24 March 2002, 598 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
285 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 576 daily.
Kisinev set a daily record precipitation of 26.2 mm (1.0 in) on 24 March 2002.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

598 stations

598 station records on 24 March 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kisinev	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Riggins	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sulina	Romania	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Boysen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Haikou	China	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Galati	Romania	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tulcea	Romania	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Guangzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise 20 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Teigarhorn	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yangjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kamas	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gouverneur 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lovell	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rockypoint 7NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose de Gracia	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pineville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.4 C (95.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dalatangi	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.8 C (105.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record low minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canaan	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dongfang	China	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lava Beds Nat Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huejuquilla El Alto (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Misantla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid/Cuatrovientos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Skq Dam	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Massabesic Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port Angeles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscarora	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
High Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pineview Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clark 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Thermopolis 21WNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Methoni	Greece	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

598 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 164, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 121, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 94, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 24 March 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	164
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	121
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 24 March 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 576.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

474 broken records

Margins by which the 474 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 2002

Top 20 records on 24 March 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 2002	Kisinev, MD	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2002	Riggins, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	98 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2002	Sulina, RO	monthly rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2002	Boysen Dam, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2002	Haikou, CN	daily rain	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2002	Galati, RO	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2002	Izmail, UA	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2002	Union, US	monthly rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	86 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2002	Tulcea, RO	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2002	Guangzhou, CN	daily rain	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2002	Enterprise 20 NNE, US	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2002	Cheyenne Wells 2NE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	107 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2002	Teigarhorn, IS	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2002	Bird City 10S, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2002	Elkhorn, US	daily low min	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2002	Richfield, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	105 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2002	Elk, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2002	Yangjiang, CN	daily rain	74.3 mm (2.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2002	Galway, IE	daily high min	10.5 C (50.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	115 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2002	Kamas, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	19 years	41 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2002. 2002 had 598 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 2026-10-15 (15 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 25	425
25 to 50	21
50 to 75	13
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	7
125 to 150	3
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1