Weather Records on 24 March 1926

328 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 March 1926. Highest significance: Scone (Philip Street), AU.

Key Facts for 24 March 1926

On 24 March 1926, 328 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 295 daily.
Scone (Philip Street) set a daily record precipitation of 85.6 mm (3.4 in) on 24 March 1926.
Across 169 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

328 stations

328 station records on 24 March 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 March 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carinda (Boorooma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lila Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Morton Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waverley (Belltrees 2)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coolah (Binnia St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Parragundy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Merry Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hungerford Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Normanstone Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Abbotslea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Currawinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgoin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Garrawilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glenariff	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coonamble (Warrana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Northcourt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rotherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbora (Ellismayne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burrundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Millers Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baan Baa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barsham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jerrys Plains Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Biamble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Valais)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brindley Park 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Talyealye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kickerbell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tamworth West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Come By Chance Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

328 records

Records set or tied on 24 March 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 263, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 24 March 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 March 1926 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 32, daily 295.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

309 broken records

Margins by which the 309 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 March 1926

Top 20 records on 24 March 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 March 1926	Scone (Philip Street), AU	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1926	Cassilis Post Office, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 March 1926	Enngonia (Shearer Street), AU	monthly rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1926	Enngonia (Belalie), AU	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1926	Tamworth Airport, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1926	Cassilis (Dalkeith), AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1926	Coonamble Comparison, AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1926	Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs), AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	79.3 mm (3.1 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1926	Premer Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1926	Neilrex (Caigan), AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1926	Hungerford, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1926	Carinda (Boorooma), AU	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1926	Brewarrina Hospital, AU	monthly rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1926	Lila Lower, AU	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1926	Enngonia (Morton Plains), AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1926	Waverley (Belltrees 2), AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1926	Coolah (Binnia St), AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1926	Parragundy, AU	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1926	Walcha Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 March 1926	Merriwa (Merry Vale), AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)

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

1794 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1926. 1926 had 328 records.

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

Records on 03-24 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1834	1
1836	1
1837	1
1847	1
1850	2
1853	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	2
1862	1
1863	1
1865	3
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1874	2
1876	1
1877	3
1879	2
1882	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	3
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	20
1896	10
1897	7
1898	6
1899	5
1900	6
1901	5
1902	11
1903	33
1904	8
1905	13
1906	24
1907	31
1908	20
1909	25
1910	40
1911	4
1912	23
1913	83
1914	36
1915	24
1916	29
1917	27
1918	20
1919	22
1920	53
1921	41
1922	31
1923	94
1924	65
1925	76
1926	328
1927	129
1928	277
1929	554
1930	82
1931	102
1932	240
1933	206
1934	731
1935	219
1936	346
1937	336
1938	449
1939	554
1940	1,504
1941	258
1942	176
1943	210
1944	367
1945	699
1946	212
1947	394
1948	321
1949	324
1950	383
1951	373
1952	779
1953	955
1954	489
1955	1,227
1956	607
1957	533
1958	440
1959	171
1960	855
1961	359
1962	343
1963	499
1964	1,094
1965	1,994
1966	633
1967	893
1968	1,217
1969	1,057
1970	219
1971	638
1972	466
1973	728
1974	1,667
1975	926
1976	448
1977	454
1978	508
1979	1,058
1980	506
1981	900
1982	559
1983	1,118
1984	487
1985	418
1986	987
1987	962
1988	1,165
1989	1,072
1990	1,537
1991	919
1992	760
1993	1,210
1994	1,379
1995	1,287
1996	873
1997	779
1998	1,222
1999	522
2000	780
2001	921
2002	598
2003	693
2004	1,338
2005	864
2006	1,162
2007	1,963
2008	1,368
2009	920
2010	647
2011	888
2012	1,631
2013	1,670
2014	948
2015	597
2016	737
2017	651
2018	817
2019	361
2020	575
2021	1,018
2022	881
2023	1,538
2024	820
2025	1,207
2026	2,004

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 24 March 1926
Margin	Records
0 to 20	196
20 to 40	56
40 to 60	38
60 to 80	13
80 to 100	6