Weather Records on 28 March 2024

334 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 2024. Highest significance: Cheraw, US.

Key Facts for 28 March 2024

On 28 March 2024, 334 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 324 daily.
Cheraw set a daily record precipitation of 73.9 mm (2.9 in) on 28 March 2024.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

334 stations

334 station records on 28 March 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cotton	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fletcher View Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Painter 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Adin Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spirit Lake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ocracoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huelva (Ronda del Este)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taemas	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Badajoz/Talavera la Real	Spain	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leksand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wallops Is Nasa Test Facility	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hoquiam Bowerman AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kamilaroi Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago de Compostela/Labacol	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oceana NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hartsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury-Wicomico Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bishopville 1.4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chase City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lloyona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mound Valley 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pickett	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kihnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tower 2S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lewis Lake Divide	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rookwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kirley 7 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

334 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 171, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 28 March 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 28 March 2024 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 324.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

280 broken records

Margins by which the 280 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 March 2024

Top 20 records on 28 March 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 2024	Cheraw, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	83 years	65 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2024	Cotton, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2024	Victoria River Downs, AU	daily rain	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2024	Parnu, EE	monthly high min	7.1 C (44.8 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	121 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2024	Fletcher View Station, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2024	Greenville, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	99 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2024	Painter 2 W, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2024	Adin Rs, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2024	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2024	Norfolk Intl AP, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2024	Norfolk NAS, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2024	Spirit Lake, US	daily low max	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	124 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2024	Emporia 1 WNW, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	81 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2024	Tartu-Toravere, EE	daily high min	5.7 C (42.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	121 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2024	O'Neill, US	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2024	Ocracoke, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2024	Clarksville, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2024	Weipa Eastern Ave, AU	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2024	Louisburg, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2024	Lyndhurst Station, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	77 years	38 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

1805 to 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2024. 2024 had 334 records.

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

Records on 03-28 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1808	2
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1861	1
1862	3
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1870	1
1872	2
1876	2
1878	3
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1890	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	8
1902	25
1903	15
1904	9
1905	45
1906	14
1907	26
1908	11
1909	7
1910	38
1911	21
1912	23
1913	28
1914	46
1915	49
1916	36
1917	44
1918	20
1919	62
1920	55
1921	79
1922	44
1923	308
1924	153
1925	124
1926	222
1927	70
1928	266
1929	236
1930	209
1931	469
1932	459
1933	193
1934	480
1935	117
1936	362
1937	576
1938	396
1939	287
1940	319
1941	255
1942	417
1943	347
1944	994
1945	719
1946	838
1947	943
1948	172
1949	316
1950	377
1951	437
1952	313
1953	303
1954	534
1955	1,111
1956	473
1957	272
1958	371
1959	385
1960	555
1961	521
1962	636
1963	1,090
1964	433
1965	517
1966	584
1967	360
1968	703
1969	630
1970	848
1971	901
1972	447
1973	670
1974	614
1975	1,996
1976	486
1977	1,254
1978	687
1979	614
1980	1,014
1981	793
1982	1,186
1983	1,014
1984	898
1985	1,449
1986	1,394
1987	1,000
1988	546
1989	2,125
1990	916
1991	1,254
1992	789
1993	987
1994	1,201
1995	988
1996	1,269
1997	591
1998	1,719
1999	839
2000	648
2001	1,081
2002	987
2003	641
2004	1,062
2005	853
2006	730
2007	1,560
2008	924
2009	1,154
2010	559
2011	913
2012	781
2013	1,008
2014	885
2015	1,329
2016	547
2017	516
2018	799
2019	457
2020	879
2021	569
2022	1,260
2023	965
2024	334
2025	1,058
2026	1,442

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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	270
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1