Weather Records on 29 March 1947

935 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 1947. Highest significance: Blanchetown, AU.

Key Facts for 29 March 1947

On 29 March 1947, 935 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 888 daily.
Blanchetown set a monthly record daily precipitation of 65.8 mm (2.6 in) on 29 March 1947.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

935 stations

935 station records on 29 March 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blanchetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Bute (Ninnes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hallett (Ketchowla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Apsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Puralka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Patton Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Serviceton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Robertstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Thackaringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Ulooloo Railway Sidin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Strathalbyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gerang Gerung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Piangil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nullawil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Netley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmorgan	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kestell (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lochiel Saltworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cambrai (Kongolia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Glen (Corona Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Umberumberka Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kybybolite Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Topar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eyre (Mulka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Lorraine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Copeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tintinara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orroroo (Kylmorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Templeton (Glenalbyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Worlds End)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mulgundawa Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

935 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 44, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 754, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 29 March 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	44
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	754
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 29 March 1947 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 44, daily 888.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

866 broken records

Margins by which the 866 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 140.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 1947

Top 20 records on 29 March 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 1947	Blanchetown, AU	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	62 years	75 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1947	Bute (Ninnes), AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1947	Port Wakefield, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1947	Kanmantoo, AU	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1947	Mount Pleasant, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1947	Woodside, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1947	Meningie, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1947	Morgan Post Office, AU	all-time rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	64 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1947	Cockburn, AU	monthly rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1947	Hallett (Ketchowla), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1947	Apsley, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1947	Puralka, AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1947	Broken Hill (Patton Street), AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1947	Serviceton, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1947	Coonalpyn, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1947	Goondiwindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1947	Robertstown, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1947	Thackaringa, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1947	Hallett (Ulooloo Railway Sidin, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1947	Strathalbyn, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	58 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1947. 1947 had 935 records.

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

Records on 03-29 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1808	1
1822	2
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	3
1862	3
1865	5
1866	1
1869	1
1872	5
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	3
1890	11
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	6
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	11
1902	35
1903	7
1904	15
1905	48
1906	12
1907	41
1908	2
1909	11
1910	46
1911	23
1912	36
1913	21
1914	11
1915	54
1916	18
1917	38
1918	29
1919	47
1920	45
1921	49
1922	30
1923	304
1924	272
1925	92
1926	258
1927	71
1928	183
1929	99
1930	169
1931	336
1932	165
1933	288
1934	261
1935	115
1936	555
1937	550
1938	556
1939	297
1940	252
1941	310
1942	397
1943	561
1944	1,331
1945	722
1946	730
1947	935
1948	292
1949	321
1950	465
1951	510
1952	356
1953	268
1954	828
1955	635
1956	435
1957	249
1958	401
1959	526
1960	311
1961	463
1962	555
1963	1,341
1964	947
1965	450
1966	730
1967	877
1968	895
1969	1,260
1970	1,043
1971	610
1972	629
1973	905
1974	643
1975	1,571
1976	496
1977	1,554
1978	759
1979	640
1980	815
1981	982
1982	801
1983	657
1984	1,103
1985	1,576
1986	1,553
1987	1,674
1988	657
1989	1,359
1990	705
1991	1,027
1992	633
1993	830
1994	910
1995	1,074
1996	814
1997	679
1998	1,769
1999	625
2000	795
2001	793
2002	1,234
2003	841
2004	1,426
2005	744
2006	720
2007	1,450
2008	906
2009	1,199
2010	915
2011	685
2012	652
2013	762
2014	554
2015	1,786
2016	565
2017	907
2018	462
2019	434
2020	853
2021	674
2022	841
2023	1,076
2024	304
2025	1,168
2026	1,467

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Data for records on 1947-03-29: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	608
20 to 40	201
40 to 60	42
60 to 80	13
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1