Weather Records on 29 March 1984

1,103 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 1984. Highest significance: Scotland Neck, US.

Key Facts for 29 March 1984

On 29 March 1984, 1,103 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 163 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 44 monthly and 1,059 daily.
Scotland Neck set a monthly record daily precipitation of 119.9 mm (4.7 in) on 29 March 1984.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

1,103 stations

1,103 station records on 29 March 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Berryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Olean	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Clay	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Alfred	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wardensville R M Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Big Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kearneysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rockfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lakehurst AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Honesdale 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Hazel 2 NE Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	54.9 cm (21.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Whitesville 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tye Rvr 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Prattsburg 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Long Pond Pocono Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heilbron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hornell Almond Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,103 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 86, Highest daily minimum 64, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 512, Heaviest daily snowfall 200, Deepest snow cover 116.

Records on 29 March 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	86
Highest daily minimum	64
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	512
Heaviest daily snowfall	200
Deepest snow cover	116

Records on 29 March 1984 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 44, daily 1,059.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

959 broken records

Margins by which the 959 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 1984

Top 20 records on 29 March 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 1984	Scotland Neck, US	monthly rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	72 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1984	Le Roy, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	84 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1984	Berryville, US	monthly rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	69 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1984	Bradford Cntrl Fs, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	73 years	68 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1984	Woodstock 2 NE, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1984	Olean, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	69 years	66 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1984	Tuckerton 2 NE, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1984	Clay, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1984	Charlotteburg Rsvr, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	89 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1984	Nashville, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1984	Alfred, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	21.5 cm (8.5 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1984	Middletown 2 NW, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	87 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1984	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	87 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1984	Freehold-Marlboro, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	108 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1984	Buckingham, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	87 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1984	Wardensville R M Farm, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1984	Windham 3 E, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	82 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1984	Big Meadows, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1984	Kearneysville, US	monthly rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1984	Neuse 2 NE, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	56 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1984. 1984 had 1,103 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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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	785
50 to 100	76
100 to 150	51
150 to 200	28
200 to 250	14
250 to 300	4
300 to 350	1