Weather Records on 29 March 2005

744 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 2005. Highest significance: Liberty 1 NE, US.

Key Facts for 29 March 2005

On 29 March 2005, 744 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
238 were record highs and 182 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 712 daily.
Liberty 1 NE set a daily record precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 29 March 2005.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

744 stations

744 station records on 29 March 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Matamoras	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hardwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Stanley	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Venustiano Carranza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Valatie 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Woonsocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ternej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barre Falls Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Hook	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fishs Eddy	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Troy L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 SW Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alcove Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lyonshall	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tagus	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tully Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ashburnham	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Idleyld Park 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Lynn	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lyneham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pownal 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tantoyuca	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
E Brimfield Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meyersdale 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coquille City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Escuintla (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnodar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bakersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Massabesic Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toketee Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ansonia 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belchertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

744 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 137, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 293, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 29 March 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	137
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	293
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 29 March 2005 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 30, daily 712.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

599 broken records

Margins by which the 599 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 2005

Top 20 records on 29 March 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 2005	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	94 years	78 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2005	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	92 years	74 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2005	Lawrence, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	103 years	70 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2005	Matamoras, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	74 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2005	Hardwick, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	70 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2005	Stanley, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2005	Venustiano Carranza, MX	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2005	Valatie 1 N, US	monthly rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 March 2005	Rochester, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2005	Norwich, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2005	Uniontown 1 NE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2005	Plymouth-Kingston, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	103 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2005	Woonsocket, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2005	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2005	Ternej, RU	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2005	Barre Falls Dam, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2005	Kingston, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	103 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2005	Milford, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2005	Barkhamsted, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	70 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2005	Sandy Hook, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	118 years	52 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2005. 2005 had 744 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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Data for records on 2005-03-29: 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 20	499
20 to 40	77
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1