Weather Records on 30 March 2024

431 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 March 2024. Highest significance: Palmdale AP, US.

Key Facts for 30 March 2024

On 30 March 2024, 431 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
219 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 394 daily.
Palmdale AP set a daily record precipitation of 28.4 mm (1.1 in) on 30 March 2024.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

431 stations

431 station records on 30 March 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 March 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palmdale AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Long Beach Daugherty AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Victorville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
N Is NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Miramar NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tanumbirini	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moron de la Frontera	Spain	Record daily precipitation	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	27.7 C (81.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oceanside Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stony Gorge Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salinas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cachuma Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Culver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gibraltar Dam #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
March AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Real	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland Hills Pierce College	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Hosterwitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma Castle Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lompoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
U C L A	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Bautzen Kubschutz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rosiori de Vede	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bedourie Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Botosani	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tarifa	Spain	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hinsdale 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vaernes	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnicu Valcea	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Miramar NAS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grainet-Rehberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oberviechtach	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Iasi	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

431 records

Records set or tied on 30 March 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 108, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 133, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 30 March 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	108
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 30 March 2024 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 37, daily 394.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

366 broken records

Margins by which the 366 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 March 2024

Top 20 records on 30 March 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 March 2024	Palmdale AP, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2024	Long Beach Daugherty AP, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2024	Victorville, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2024	Gorlitz, DE	monthly high min	12.9 C (55.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	134 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2024	Santa Barbara, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2024	Los Angeles Intl AP, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2024	Innsbruck, AT	monthly high min	14.6 C (58.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	110 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2024	Newport Beach Harbor, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	78 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2024	Redlands, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2024	Paso Robles, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2024	N Is NAS, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2024	San Diego Miramar NAS, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2024	Tanumbirini, AU	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2024	Moron de la Frontera, ES	monthly rain	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2024	Willows 6 W, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2024	Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO	daily high max	27.7 C (81.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	121 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2024	Oceanside Marina, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2024	Newport Beach Harbor, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2024	Stony Gorge Rsvr, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 2024	Torrance AP, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	43 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 431 records.

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

Records on 03-30 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1805	1
1808	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	4
1869	1
1872	6
1874	1
1881	4
1882	3
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1890	4
1892	4
1894	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	6
1902	9
1903	8
1904	14
1905	35
1906	9
1907	28
1908	12
1909	18
1910	68
1911	45
1912	25
1913	31
1914	20
1915	78
1916	19
1917	248
1918	29
1919	42
1920	20
1921	32
1922	89
1923	229
1924	215
1925	90
1926	273
1927	80
1928	209
1929	99
1930	215
1931	254
1932	198
1933	382
1934	236
1935	187
1936	881
1937	262
1938	690
1939	305
1940	466
1941	438
1942	257
1943	928
1944	823
1945	676
1946	536
1947	1,000
1948	363
1949	795
1950	616
1951	569
1952	265
1953	432
1954	743
1955	437
1956	500
1957	330
1958	288
1959	398
1960	431
1961	404
1962	578
1963	1,010
1964	1,420
1965	376
1966	759
1967	1,261
1968	736
1969	1,372
1970	1,040
1971	490
1972	384
1973	1,089
1974	895
1975	1,255
1976	619
1977	1,627
1978	1,017
1979	753
1980	762
1981	898
1982	764
1983	624
1984	756
1985	1,331
1986	1,533
1987	1,850
1988	635
1989	1,063
1990	897
1991	821
1992	611
1993	712
1994	767
1995	920
1996	781
1997	911
1998	2,464
1999	708
2000	631
2001	840
2002	878
2003	1,472
2004	1,298
2005	683
2006	689
2007	1,265
2008	1,100
2009	750
2010	933
2011	670
2012	743
2013	691
2014	776
2015	1,194
2016	596
2017	1,267
2018	433
2019	662
2020	464
2021	1,013
2022	576
2023	1,107
2024	431
2025	956
2026	1,210

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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 20	341
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1