Weather Records on 24 March 2009

920 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 2009. Highest significance: New England, US.

Key Facts for 24 March 2009

On 24 March 2009, 920 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
280 were record highs and 201 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 875 daily.
New England set a daily record snowfall of 36.8 cm (14.5 in) on 24 March 2009.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

920 stations

920 station records on 24 March 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New England	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Broadus	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	76.7 cm (30.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hulett	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lead	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Knobs 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Drake 9 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Saltillo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glad Valley 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford Gtr Rockford AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Penuelas 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pretty Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
General Wayne A Downing Intl A	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kanawha	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oral	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Midwest	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mission	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Udskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Reeder	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grant 5 SE	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perry Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pretty Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maurine 12SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tlacualera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corral Viejo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Belltower	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

920 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 122, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 158, Lowest daily minimum 105, Heaviest daily rainfall 314, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 56.

Records on 24 March 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	122
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	158
Lowest daily minimum	105
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	56

Records on 24 March 2009 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 39, daily 875.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

703 broken records

Margins by which the 703 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 2009

Top 20 records on 24 March 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 2009	New England, US	daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
24 March 2009	New Salem 5NW, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	75 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2009	Camp Crook, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2009	Douglas 1 SE, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2009	Broadus, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2009	Ekalaka, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	100 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2009	Richardton Abbey, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2009	Lead, US	daily snowfall	76.7 cm (30.2 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	72 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2009	Hulett, US	monthly rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2009	Madison Dane Co Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2009	Cottonwood Falls, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2009	Horton, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	63 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2009	Ekalaka, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2009	Gordon 6N, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2009	Osceola, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	104 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2009	Lead, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2009	Belle Fourche, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2009	Knobs 4 SW, US	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2009	Drake 9 NE, US	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2009	Saltillo (Dge), MX	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 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

1794 to 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2009. 2009 had 920 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 2026-10-17 (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	629
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	13
200 to 250	9
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1