Weather Records on 20 March 1914

51 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1914. Highest significance: Bukalong Station, AU.

Key Facts for 20 March 1914

On 20 March 1914, 51 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 50 daily.
Bukalong Station set a daily record precipitation of 33.5 mm (1.3 in) on 20 March 1914.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

51 stations

51 station records on 20 March 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vineland	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bobundara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McDonald	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scheveningen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island East End	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

51 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1914 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 30, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 20 March 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	30
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 March 1914 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 50.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

46 broken records

Margins by which the 46 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1914

Top 20 records on 20 March 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1914	Bukalong Station, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1914	Vineland, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1914	Washington, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1914	Bobundara, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1914	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1914	Mount McDonald, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1914	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1914	Bungonia (Inverary Park), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1914	Goulburn, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1914	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1914	Scheveningen, NL	daily rain	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1914	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1914	Perm, RU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1914	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1914	Peterborough, CA	daily low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	41 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1914	Philadelphia City, US	daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1914	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1914	Tranebjerg, DK	daily rain	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1914	Queanbeyan Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1914	Sable Island East End, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)

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 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1914. 1914 had 51 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

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	33
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1