Weather Records on 26 March 1924

115 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 1924. Highest significance: Newark Liberty Intl AP, US.

Key Facts for 26 March 1924

On 26 March 1924, 115 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 112 daily.
Newark Liberty Intl AP set a daily record snowfall of 8.9 cm (3.5 in) on 26 March 1924.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

115 stations

115 station records on 26 March 1924 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 1924: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bass (Kilcunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Sodra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robben Island (Vrt)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington City Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

115 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 1924 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 69, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 26 March 1924 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	69
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 26 March 1924 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 112.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

96 broken records

Margins by which the 96 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 150.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 March 1924

Top 20 records on 26 March 1924 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 1924	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1924	Ellesmere, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1924	Savanne, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1924	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1924	Big Hill Reservoir, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1924	Halden, NO	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1924	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1924	Port Jervis, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1924	East London -Signal STN, ZA	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1924	Bass (Kilcunda), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1924	Vaexjoe, SE	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	58 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1924	Godegard, SE	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1924	Kristianstad, SE	daily rain	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1924	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1924	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily rain	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1924	Jonkoping, SE	daily rain	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1924	Savanne, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1924	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily rain	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1924	Sarna, SE	daily rain	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1924	Malung, SE	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	32 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

1805 to 1924

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1924. 1924 had 115 records.

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

Records on 03-26 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1837	1
1843	1
1850	1
1862	2
1865	1
1867	1
1871	1
1873	2
1877	3
1879	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	5
1892	5
1893	1
1894	3
1895	3
1896	6
1897	5
1898	1
1899	3
1901	12
1902	17
1903	18
1904	29
1905	23
1906	20
1907	21
1908	16
1909	21
1910	29
1911	13
1912	33
1913	123
1914	49
1915	16
1916	27
1917	54
1918	60
1919	45
1920	81
1921	79
1922	45
1923	129
1924	115
1925	123
1926	144
1927	75
1928	456
1929	281
1930	376
1931	234
1932	279
1933	102
1934	289
1935	311
1936	269
1937	806
1938	341
1939	310
1940	1,032
1941	366
1942	316
1943	341
1944	437
1945	852
1946	885
1947	619
1948	325
1949	585
1950	458
1951	777
1952	283
1953	482
1954	304
1955	1,914
1956	829
1957	251
1958	314
1959	435
1960	1,067
1961	486
1962	330
1963	497
1964	898
1965	1,063
1966	306
1967	538
1968	562
1969	593
1970	368
1971	1,502
1972	634
1973	522
1974	691
1975	859
1976	567
1977	626
1978	1,008
1979	677
1980	459
1981	824
1982	736
1983	1,199
1984	594
1985	860
1986	634
1987	741
1988	1,094
1989	1,031
1990	871
1991	1,705
1992	642
1993	966
1994	707
1995	1,374
1996	1,372
1997	1,298
1998	1,305
1999	867
2000	601
2001	1,383
2002	1,092
2003	746
2004	1,511
2005	776
2006	949
2007	1,976
2008	1,161
2009	754
2010	717
2011	691
2012	945
2013	1,759
2014	1,048
2015	846
2016	463
2017	430
2018	693
2019	364
2020	812
2021	778
2022	1,281
2023	1,817
2024	780
2025	1,860
2026	1,809

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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	86
20 to 40	4
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1