Weather Records on 28 March 2004

1,062 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 2004. Highest significance: Pembina, US.

Key Facts for 28 March 2004

On 28 March 2004, 1,062 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
485 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 1,004 daily.
Pembina set a monthly record daily precipitation of 52.6 mm (2.1 in) on 28 March 2004.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

1,062 stations

1,062 station records on 28 March 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pembina	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Grouse Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Cavalier 7NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Woodworth 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Adams 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Courtenay 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Allende	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Malaga Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Carrington	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Futenma	Japan	Record daily precipitation	348.0 mm (13.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Valencia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Blunt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Blanco Lower	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Granada/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Telfer Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.4 mm (6.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boquilla Numero Uno	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Trancoso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chaffee 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blockton 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlawn 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ensenada 1 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chicontepec de Tejeda (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Butler 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Noreena Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Achinsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,062 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 257, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 228, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 388, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 28 March 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	257
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	228
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	388
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 28 March 2004 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 57, daily 1,004.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

870 broken records

Margins by which the 870 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 230.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 March 2004

Top 20 records on 28 March 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 2004	Pembina, US	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	78 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2004	Mc Henry 3W, US	monthly rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	77 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2004	Grouse Creek, US	all-time rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	77 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2004	Yarrie, AU	daily rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	118.3 mm (4.7 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2004	Harlan, US	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2004	Cavalier 7NW, US	monthly rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	73 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2004	Woodworth 3NE, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	70 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2004	Adams 7 SSW, US	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2004	Courtenay 1 NW, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2004	Denison, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2004	Gettysburg, US	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	64 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2004	Allende, MX	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2004	Malaga Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2004	Carrington, US	monthly rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2004	Futenma, JP	monthly rain	348.0 mm (13.7 in)	221.8 mm (8.7 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2004	Valencia, ES	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2004	Edmore 4NW, US	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	1 year	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2004	Montpelier, US	monthly rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2004	Wessington Springs, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	104 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2004	Clarinda, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	55 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2004. 2004 had 1,062 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

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Data for records on 2004-03-28: 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 50	856
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2