Weather Records on 23 March 2024

611 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 2024. Highest significance: Ny City Cntrl Park, US.

Key Facts for 23 March 2024

On 23 March 2024, 611 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
252 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 585 daily.
Ny City Cntrl Park set a daily record precipitation of 93.0 mm (3.7 in) on 23 March 2024.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

611 stations

611 station records on 23 March 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Megri	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Poughkeepsie AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dry Tortugas	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Undoolya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zhumadian	China	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Herbert Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Miami Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bengbu	China	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saratoga Springs 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Albany Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Creek Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
NE Phila AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington New Castle Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Igor I Sikorsky Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arltunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Westchester Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Xinyang	China	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ambalindum	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brookneal	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Concord ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sophie Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Hatteras - Billy Mitchell	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bellevue L/D 12	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Appomattox	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Concord 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford Hanscom Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Wwtp 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceton-Lake Drummond	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Haven Tweed AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ormiston Gorge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Royal Oak 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Glacier	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huoshan	China	Record high maximum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

611 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 163, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 258, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 23 March 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	163
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 23 March 2024 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 585.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

535 broken records

Margins by which the 535 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 272.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 2024

Top 20 records on 23 March 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 2024	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	95 years	78 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2024	Neshaminy Falls, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	75 years	72 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2024	Megri, AM	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 years	69 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2024	Ashland, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	75 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2024	Poughkeepsie AP, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2024	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2024	Siliguri, IN	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	122 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2024	Newark Ag Farm, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2024	Phoenixville 1 E, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2024	Dry Tortugas, US	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2024	Greenville Muni AP, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2024	Undoolya, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	124 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2024	Zhumadian, CN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2024	Herbert Vale, AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	120 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2024	Miami Beach, US	monthly rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2024	Hanover, US	monthly snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	104 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2024	Bengbu, CN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2024	Saratoga Springs 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2024	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2024	Albany Intl AP, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	51 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2024. 2024 had 611 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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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	511
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1