Weather Records on 23 March 1920

75 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1920. Highest significance: Toronto, CA.

Key Facts for 23 March 1920

On 23 March 1920, 75 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 74 daily.
Toronto set a daily record high maximum temperature of 18.3 C (64.9 F) on 23 March 1920.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

75 stations

75 station records on 23 March 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ocean Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

75 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 9, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 23 March 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	9
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 March 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 74.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

68 broken records

Margins by which the 68 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 15.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1920

Top 20 records on 23 March 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1920	Toronto, CA	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	62 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1920	Gravenhurst, CA	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1920	Brantford, CA	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	41 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1920	Stratford, CA	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	41 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1920	Renfrew, CA	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1920	Port Dover, CA	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1920	Owen Sound, CA	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1920	Woodstock, CA	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1920	Stonecliffe, CA	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	18 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1920	Concord, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	42 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1920	Ottawa, CA	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	18 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1920	Barrie, CA	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1920	Welland, CA	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	21 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1920	Montreal McGill, CA	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1920	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1920	Green Bay, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	24 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1920	Stoney Creek, CA	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	21 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1920	Fergana, UZ	daily rain	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	1 year	17 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1920	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	18 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1920	Nieu-Bethesda (Pol), ZA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	28 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

1796 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1920. 1920 had 75 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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Data for records on 1920-03-23: 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 2	35
2 to 4	16
4 to 6	10
6 to 8	4
8 to 10	2
10 to 12	0
12 to 14	0
14 to 16	1