Weather Records on 20 March 1926

103 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1926. Highest significance: Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead), AU.

Key Facts for 20 March 1926

On 20 March 1926, 103 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 100 daily.
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead) set a daily record precipitation of 80.8 mm (3.2 in) on 20 March 1926.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

103 stations

103 station records on 20 March 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton (Mundi Mundi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moolpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Bonuna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Budgerum	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Katella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Powell Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Puckawidgee Back	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wicannia (the Peak Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bindara (Netley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Juanbung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Whittata	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Arcoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yalcowinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yathong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Idracowra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Currawinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quinyambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Eugowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Copley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain Forest Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough (Dawson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yankalilla (Woodvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Deer Park	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

103 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 74.

Records on 20 March 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	74
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 March 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 100.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

90 broken records

Margins by which the 90 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1926

Top 20 records on 20 March 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1926	Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead), AU	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1926	Silverton (Mundi Mundi), AU	monthly rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1926	Moolpa, AU	all-time rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1926	Ivanhoe (Bonuna), AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1926	Budgerum, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1926	Jerilderie (Coree STN), AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1926	Katella, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1926	Powell Creek, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1926	Woomera (South Gap Station), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1926	Gundaroo (Bairnsdale), AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1926	Puckawidgee Back, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1926	Wicannia (the Peak Tank), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1926	Bindara (Netley), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1926	Juanbung, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1926	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1926	Whittata, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1926	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1926	Melrose Plains, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1926	New Westminster, CA	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	47 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1926	Woomera (Arcoona), AU	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	43 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1926. 1926 had 103 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 10	59
10 to 20	20
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1