Weather Records on 30 March 2009

750 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 March 2009. Highest significance: Coldwater, US.

Key Facts for 30 March 2009

On 30 March 2009, 750 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
163 were record highs and 235 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 715 daily.
Coldwater set a daily record snow depth of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 30 March 2009.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

750 stations

750 station records on 30 March 2009 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 March 2009: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coldwater	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Glendive	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Pollock	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Beach	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
New Salem 5NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Boulder	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Milton Freewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Valentine	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mc Intosh 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Terry	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bismarck	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rapid City Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yellanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carson	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pretty Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Milo	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hague	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mobridge 2NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Varazdin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kingman	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Knobs 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes 10 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zap	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roundup	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Verona	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Belltower	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Supply 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gate	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glad Valley 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Piestany	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante El Altet	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alpharetta 4 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

750 records

Records set or tied on 30 March 2009 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 130, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 105, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 133, Deepest snow cover 88.

Records on 30 March 2009 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	130
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	105
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	133
Deepest snow cover	88

Records on 30 March 2009 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 33, daily 715.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

569 broken records

Margins by which the 569 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 800.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 March 2009

Top 20 records on 30 March 2009 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 March 2009	Coldwater, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	83 years	74 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2009	Glendive, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	109 years	73 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2009	Pollock, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	76 years	73 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2009	Beach, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	71 years	71 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2009	New Salem 5NW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	98 years	70 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2009	Boulder, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2009	Milton Freewater, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2009	Valentine, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	96 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2009	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2009	Mc Intosh 6 SE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2009	Bowman, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2009	Blackfoot Fire Dept, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2009	Terry, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2009	Bismarck, US	daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2009	Rapid City Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	21.9 cm (8.6 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2009	Yellanup, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2009	Carson, US	daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	18.1 cm (7.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2009	Dickinson Exp STN, US	monthly snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	111 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2009	Steele 4N, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	98 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2009	Ennis, US	monthly snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	86 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 2009

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2009. 2009 had 750 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

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Data for records on 2009-03-30: 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 100	512
100 to 200	40
200 to 300	12
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1