Weather Records on 20 March 1924

76 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1924. Highest significance: Lake City 2 E, US.

Key Facts for 20 March 1924

On 20 March 1924, 76 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 73 daily.
Lake City 2 E set a monthly record daily precipitation of 147.3 mm (5.8 in) on 20 March 1924.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

76 stations

76 station records on 20 March 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Point Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Arapaho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

76 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1924 by type: Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 26, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 20 March 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	26
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 20 March 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 73.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

67 broken records

Margins by which the 67 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1924

Top 20 records on 20 March 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1924	Lake City 2 E, US	monthly rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1924	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1924	Point Peter, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1924	Trenton 1 NNE, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1924	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily high min	13.0 C (55.4 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1924	Sotchi, RU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1924	Federal Pt, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1924	Concordia ASOS, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	18 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1924	St Louis Eads Brg, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1924	Kiev, UA	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	34 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1924	Lamar, US	daily low min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	21 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1924	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	47 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1924	Durham, GB	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	43 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1924	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1924	Newberry, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1924	Fayetteville Exp STN, US	monthly snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	10 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1924	Morganton, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1924	Biskra, DZ	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1924	Hambantota, LK	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1924	Jonkoping, SE	daily low max	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	37 years	20 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 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1924. 1924 had 76 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 25	58
25 to 50	5
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1