Weather Records on 30 March 2006

689 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 March 2006. Highest significance: Bottineau, US.

Key Facts for 30 March 2006

On 30 March 2006, 689 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
233 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 659 daily.
Bottineau set a daily record precipitation of 41.4 mm (1.6 in) on 30 March 2006.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

689 stations

689 station records on 30 March 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 March 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Roseau	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ingomar 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Glen Florrie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.4 mm (4.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Amidon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Carlindie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Ballantine	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wallareenya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Abu Hamed	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
El Obeid	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuanu Rsch 5 775	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
En Nahud	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cossack	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hardin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Miles City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
The Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.8 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mallina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Obihiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
La Libertad	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Ind Park 702.5	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Butte 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Intricate Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hysham	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karratha Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roi Et	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mundabullangana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lysa Hora	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tagus	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hedland Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bidgemia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beretania Pump STN 705	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Landor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Corral Viejo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hua Hin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pyramid Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hysham	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

689 records

Records set or tied on 30 March 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 319, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 30 March 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	319
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 30 March 2006 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 29, daily 659.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

577 broken records

Margins by which the 577 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 137.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 March 2006

Top 20 records on 30 March 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 March 2006	Bottineau, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	78 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2006	Roseau, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	72 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2006	Ingomar 9 E, US	monthly rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	70 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2006	Glen Florrie Station, AU	daily rain	117.4 mm (4.6 in)	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2006	Amidon, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2006	Carlindie, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	92 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2006	Ballantine, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2006	Milford 4 NW, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2006	Durant, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	91 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2006	Wallareenya, AU	daily rain	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	88 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2006	Abu Hamed, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2006	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2006	El Obeid, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2006	Nuuanu Rsch 5 775, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2006	En Nahud, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2006	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2006	Cossack, AU	daily rain	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	106 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2006	Hardin, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2006	Miles City AP, US	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	11 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2006	The Pines, AU	daily rain	122.8 mm (4.8 in)	94.9 mm (3.7 in)	35 years	53 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2006. 2006 had 689 records.

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

Records on 03-30 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1805	1
1808	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	4
1869	1
1872	6
1874	1
1881	4
1882	3
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1890	4
1892	4
1894	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	6
1902	9
1903	8
1904	14
1905	35
1906	9
1907	28
1908	12
1909	18
1910	68
1911	45
1912	25
1913	31
1914	20
1915	78
1916	19
1917	248
1918	29
1919	42
1920	20
1921	32
1922	89
1923	229
1924	215
1925	90
1926	273
1927	80
1928	209
1929	99
1930	215
1931	254
1932	198
1933	382
1934	236
1935	187
1936	881
1937	262
1938	690
1939	305
1940	466
1941	438
1942	257
1943	928
1944	823
1945	676
1946	536
1947	1,000
1948	363
1949	795
1950	616
1951	569
1952	265
1953	432
1954	743
1955	437
1956	500
1957	330
1958	288
1959	398
1960	431
1961	404
1962	578
1963	1,010
1964	1,420
1965	376
1966	759
1967	1,261
1968	736
1969	1,372
1970	1,040
1971	490
1972	384
1973	1,089
1974	895
1975	1,255
1976	619
1977	1,627
1978	1,017
1979	753
1980	762
1981	898
1982	764
1983	624
1984	756
1985	1,331
1986	1,533
1987	1,850
1988	635
1989	1,063
1990	897
1991	821
1992	611
1993	712
1994	767
1995	920
1996	781
1997	911
1998	2,464
1999	708
2000	631
2001	840
2002	878
2003	1,472
2004	1,298
2005	683
2006	689
2007	1,265
2008	1,100
2009	750
2010	933
2011	670
2012	743
2013	691
2014	776
2015	1,194
2016	596
2017	1,267
2018	433
2019	662
2020	464
2021	1,013
2022	576
2023	1,107
2024	431
2025	956
2026	1,210

Download the Data

Data for records on 2006-03-30: 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	513
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	2