Weather Records on 29 March 2002

1,234 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 2002. Highest significance: Emmaville Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 29 March 2002

On 29 March 2002, 1,234 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
643 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 83 monthly and 1,147 daily.
Emmaville Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 69.0 mm (2.7 in) on 29 March 2002.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

1,234 stations

1,234 station records on 29 March 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Come By Chance Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ashford (Sunhaven Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
The Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bredbo (Bredbo Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jondaryan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Lomond (Koala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wyaga Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Alley Point (Poplars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose de Gracia	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fordsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Ag Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kwajalein	Marshall Islands	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Puhi 1013	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Toogoolawah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glenaven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.8 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burilda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Buttabone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cangai (Smelter Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goodar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Weabonga (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Lana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra (South Winscombe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eleele 927	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mahaulepu 941.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yelarbon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashgrove Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bairnsdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Etive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kanab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halenanaho 1006	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroolin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,234 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 393, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 250, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 451, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 29 March 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	393
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	250
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	451
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 29 March 2002 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 83, daily 1,147.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,025 broken records

Margins by which the 1,025 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 2002

Top 20 records on 29 March 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 2002	Emmaville Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	96 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2002	Come By Chance Store, AU	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	96 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2002	Inglewood Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	96 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2002	Legume (New Koreelah), AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	89 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2002	Ashford (Sunhaven Hostel), AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2002	Paulding, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2002	Berne Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	92 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2002	Stamford 1, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2002	The Head, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2002	Miles Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2002	Bredbo (Bredbo Station), AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2002	Jondaryan Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2002	Manilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2002	Ben Lomond (Koala), AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2002	Pittsworth, AU	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	101 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2002	Wyaga Station, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2002	Bowling Alley Point (Poplars), AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2002	Emmaville (Strathbogie), AU	daily rain	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	126 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2002	San Jose de Gracia, MX	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2002	Decatur 1 N, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	49 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2002. 2002 had 1,234 records.

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

Records on 03-29 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1808	1
1822	2
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	3
1862	3
1865	5
1866	1
1869	1
1872	5
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	3
1890	11
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	6
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	11
1902	35
1903	7
1904	15
1905	48
1906	12
1907	41
1908	2
1909	11
1910	46
1911	23
1912	36
1913	21
1914	11
1915	54
1916	18
1917	38
1918	29
1919	47
1920	45
1921	49
1922	30
1923	304
1924	272
1925	92
1926	258
1927	71
1928	183
1929	99
1930	169
1931	336
1932	165
1933	288
1934	261
1935	115
1936	555
1937	550
1938	556
1939	297
1940	252
1941	310
1942	397
1943	561
1944	1,331
1945	722
1946	730
1947	935
1948	292
1949	321
1950	465
1951	510
1952	356
1953	268
1954	828
1955	635
1956	435
1957	249
1958	401
1959	526
1960	311
1961	463
1962	555
1963	1,341
1964	947
1965	450
1966	730
1967	877
1968	895
1969	1,260
1970	1,043
1971	610
1972	629
1973	905
1974	643
1975	1,571
1976	496
1977	1,554
1978	759
1979	640
1980	815
1981	982
1982	801
1983	657
1984	1,103
1985	1,576
1986	1,553
1987	1,674
1988	657
1989	1,359
1990	705
1991	1,027
1992	633
1993	830
1994	910
1995	1,074
1996	814
1997	679
1998	1,769
1999	625
2000	795
2001	793
2002	1,234
2003	841
2004	1,426
2005	744
2006	720
2007	1,450
2008	906
2009	1,199
2010	915
2011	685
2012	652
2013	762
2014	554
2015	1,786
2016	565
2017	907
2018	462
2019	434
2020	853
2021	674
2022	841
2023	1,076
2024	304
2025	1,168
2026	1,467

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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 20	873
20 to 40	116
40 to 60	29
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	2