4 station records on 20 March 1908 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 20 March 1908: highest significance records shown on the map
Station
Country
Type
Value
Significance
Mantova
Italy
Record daily precipitation
17.2 mm (0.7 in)
20 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire
Algeria
Record low minimum temperature
4.0 C (39.2 F)
20 of 100 (Routine)
Riva
Italy
Record low maximum temperature
8.2 C (46.8 F)
10 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE
United States
Record high maximum temperature
24.4 C (75.9 F)
2 of 100 (Routine)
Counts by Type and Timescale
4 records
Records set or tied on 20 March 1908 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 1.
Records on 20 March 1908 by type
Record type
Records
Highest daily maximum
1
Lowest daily maximum
1
Highest daily minimum
0
Lowest daily minimum
1
Heaviest daily rainfall
1
Heaviest daily snowfall
0
Deepest snow cover
0
Records on 20 March 1908 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 4.
Records on 20 March 1908 by timescale
Timescale
Records
all-time
0
monthly
0
daily
4
How Much Records Were Beaten By
3 broken records
Margins by which the 3 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2.8. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 20 March 1908
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
1808 to 1908
1908
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1908. 1908 had 4 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 03-20 in each year
Year
Records
1808
3
1818
1
1822
2
1830
1
1834
1
1838
1
1845
1
1849
3
1850
1
1852
1
1853
1
1858
1
1862
1
1865
11
1866
1
1870
1
1872
2
1873
1
1874
2
1875
2
1876
2
1879
2
1881
2
1882
2
1883
1
1884
2
1885
3
1886
2
1887
3
1888
5
1889
5
1890
1
1892
1
1893
2
1894
5
1895
2
1896
5
1897
2
1898
5
1899
9
1900
8
1901
6
1902
13
1903
34
1904
12
1905
6
1906
16
1907
17
1908
4
1909
6
1910
20
1911
35
1912
12
1913
42
1914
51
1915
22
1916
46
1917
49
1918
40
1919
31
1920
52
1921
93
1922
49
1923
275
1924
76
1925
121
1926
103
1927
298
1928
258
1929
56
1930
86
1931
492
1932
117
1933
354
1934
243
1935
408
1936
245
1937
220
1938
394
1939
240
1940
486
1941
390
1942
325
1943
378
1944
611
1945
636
1946
435
1947
299
1948
697
1949
352
1950
367
1951
788
1952
589
1953
350
1954
303
1955
719
1956
527
1957
516
1958
467
1959
293
1960
594
1961
332
1962
363
1963
447
1964
525
1965
2,020
1966
367
1967
784
1968
819
1969
374
1970
912
1971
377
1972
635
1973
422
1974
755
1975
932
1976
989
1977
352
1978
863
1979
712
1980
458
1981
712
1982
1,189
1983
1,179
1984
775
1985
636
1986
666
1987
867
1988
1,044
1989
793
1990
1,496
1991
1,205
1992
654
1993
1,014
1994
1,040
1995
857
1996
1,147
1997
1,801
1998
963
1999
793
2000
894
2001
1,048
2002
1,698
2003
1,166
2004
1,701
2005
602
2006
1,353
2007
1,053
2008
993
2009
445
2010
1,264
2011
1,003
2012
3,051
2013
762
2014
800
2015
521
2016
450
2017
1,331
2018
587
2019
530
2020
1,006
2021
487
2022
667
2023
975
2024
520
2025
848
2026
3,126
Download the Data
Data for records on 1908-03-20: 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 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.