Weather Records on 28 March 1920

55 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 1920. Highest significance: Jena Sternwarte, DE.

Key Facts for 28 March 1920

On 28 March 1920, 55 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 53 daily.
Jena Sternwarte set a daily record high minimum temperature of 9.2 C (48.6 F) on 28 March 1920.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

55 stations

55 station records on 28 March 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Gardiner	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

55 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 6.

Records on 28 March 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	6
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 March 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 53.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

47 broken records

Margins by which the 47 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 11.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 March 1920

Top 20 records on 28 March 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 1920	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	9.2 C (48.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	57 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1920	Point Escuminac, CA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1920	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1920	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1920	Vestervig, DK	daily high max	12.7 C (54.9 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	25 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1920	San Diego Wbo, US	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	39 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1920	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily high max	14.2 C (57.6 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	25 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1920	Santa Fe, US	daily low max	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1920	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily high min	4.3 C (39.7 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1920	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily high min	4.0 C (39.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1920	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily high max	17.5 C (63.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	29 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1920	Magdeburg, DE	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	33 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1920	Gavle, SE	daily high min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	33 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1920	St John's, CA	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	19 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1920	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily high min	7.5 C (45.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	27 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1920	Skara 1, SE	daily high min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	17 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1920	Orebro, SE	daily high min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	17 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1920	Cet Central England, GB	daily high min	8.8 C (47.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	29 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1920	Escanaba, US	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	6 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
28 March 1920	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	20 years	13 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

1805 to 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1920. 1920 had 55 records.

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

Records on 03-28 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1808	2
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1861	1
1862	3
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1870	1
1872	2
1876	2
1878	3
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1890	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	8
1902	25
1903	15
1904	9
1905	45
1906	14
1907	26
1908	11
1909	7
1910	38
1911	21
1912	23
1913	28
1914	46
1915	49
1916	36
1917	44
1918	20
1919	62
1920	55
1921	79
1922	44
1923	308
1924	153
1925	124
1926	222
1927	70
1928	266
1929	236
1930	209
1931	469
1932	459
1933	193
1934	480
1935	117
1936	362
1937	576
1938	396
1939	287
1940	319
1941	255
1942	417
1943	347
1944	994
1945	719
1946	838
1947	943
1948	172
1949	316
1950	377
1951	437
1952	313
1953	303
1954	534
1955	1,111
1956	473
1957	272
1958	371
1959	385
1960	555
1961	521
1962	636
1963	1,090
1964	433
1965	517
1966	584
1967	360
1968	703
1969	630
1970	848
1971	901
1972	447
1973	670
1974	614
1975	1,996
1976	486
1977	1,254
1978	687
1979	614
1980	1,014
1981	793
1982	1,186
1983	1,014
1984	898
1985	1,449
1986	1,394
1987	1,000
1988	546
1989	2,125
1990	916
1991	1,254
1992	789
1993	987
1994	1,201
1995	988
1996	1,269
1997	591
1998	1,719
1999	839
2000	648
2001	1,081
2002	987
2003	641
2004	1,062
2005	853
2006	730
2007	1,560
2008	924
2009	1,154
2010	559
2011	913
2012	781
2013	1,008
2014	885
2015	1,329
2016	547
2017	516
2018	799
2019	457
2020	879
2021	569
2022	1,260
2023	965
2024	334
2025	1,058
2026	1,442

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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 2	32
2 to 4	10
4 to 6	3
6 to 8	1
8 to 10	0
10 to 12	1