Weather Records on 24 March 2010

647 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 2010. Highest significance: Las Animas, US.

Key Facts for 24 March 2010

On 24 March 2010, 647 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
262 were record highs and 149 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 634 daily.
Las Animas set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 24 March 2010.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

647 stations

647 station records on 24 March 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Las Animas	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham Wyman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley Unc	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
John Martin Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Errol	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elfin Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eastonville 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.1 cm (14.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia 4 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Chimalapa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Long Falls Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Todos Santos (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canon City	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grenville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
John Martin Dam	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Milo	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Cape Byron Lighthou	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville Trtmt Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sybille Rsch Unit	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kit Carson	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rangeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgton 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Otis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kent	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pueblo Mem AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Oloj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eads	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

647 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 144, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 118, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 161, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 24 March 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	144
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	118
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	161
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 24 March 2010 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 634.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

496 broken records

Margins by which the 496 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 2010

Top 20 records on 24 March 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 2010	Las Animas, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	115 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2010	Eastport, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	107 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2010	Belfast, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	112 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2010	Bingham Wyman Dam, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2010	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	108 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2010	Eagle Nest, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2010	First Connecticut Lake, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2010	Greeley Unc, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2010	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2010	John Martin Dam, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2010	Gardiner, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	112 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2010	Machias, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2010	Madison, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2010	San Jon, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2010	Atlatlahuacan, MX	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2010	Moosehead, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2010	Kingfield, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2010	Hyannis, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	112 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2010	Errol, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2010	Elfin Cove, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	45 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2010. 2010 had 647 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 100	475
100 to 200	14
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1