Weather Records on 24 March 2018

817 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 2018. Highest significance: Tambo Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 24 March 2018

On 24 March 2018, 817 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
310 were record highs and 160 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 792 daily.
Tambo Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 164.0 mm (6.5 in) on 24 March 2018.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

817 stations

817 station records on 24 March 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Primghar	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Allison	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lakefield National Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Marlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Allison	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Plentywood	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St James Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Forks Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Cmt	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rockville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bernheim Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bluefield Mercer Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

817 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 176, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 183, Heaviest daily snowfall 98, Deepest snow cover 66.

Records on 24 March 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	176
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	98
Deepest snow cover	66

Records on 24 March 2018 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 21, daily 792.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

696 broken records

Margins by which the 696 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 409.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 2018

Top 20 records on 24 March 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 2018	Tambo Post Office, AU	daily rain	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	134.8 mm (5.3 in)	59 years	67 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2018	Flandreau, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2018	Clinton #1, US	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2018	Primghar, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 March 2018	Allison, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	80 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2018	Charles City, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2018	Rockwell City, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	109 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2018	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	12.1 cm (4.8 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2018	Hampton, US	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2018	Waterloo Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2018	Morrison, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	71 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2018	Lakefield National Park, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2018	Isisford Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	115 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2018	Mount Marlow, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2018	Allison, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	85 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2018	Weipa Eastern Ave, AU	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2018	Sibley, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2018	Joplin, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2018	Bottineau, US	daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	73 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 2018	Priest Rvr Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	83 years	48 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2018. 2018 had 817 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 24 March 2018
Margin	Records
0 to 100	667
100 to 200	24
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2