Weather Records on 27 March 1926

196 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 1926. Highest significance: Irvinebank, AU.

Key Facts for 27 March 1926

On 27 March 1926, 196 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 196 daily.
Irvinebank set a daily record precipitation of 75.4 mm (3.0 in) on 27 March 1926.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

196 stations

196 station records on 27 March 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 March 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thornborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Okolona	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St George Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pallamallawa 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.3 C (11.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Brazoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

196 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 36, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 March 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	36
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 March 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 196.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

161 broken records

Margins by which the 161 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 March 1926

Top 20 records on 27 March 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 1926	Irvinebank, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1926	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1926	Franklin, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1926	Yuleba Garden St, AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1926	St Georges, CA	daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1926	Gladstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1926	San Diego Wbo, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	48 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1926	Frome Downs, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1926	Agricultural College, US	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1926	St Georges, CA	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1926	Thornborough, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1926	Okolona, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1926	Franklin, US	daily rain	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	36 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1926	Franklin, US	daily snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1926	Houma, US	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	25 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1926	Fairbury 7S, US	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	27 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1926	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily low min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	19 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1926	St George Post Office, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1926	Morpeth Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	38 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1926	Guelph Oac, CA	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	38 years	17 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1926. 1926 had 196 records.

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

Records on 03-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1807	1
1808	2
1822	1
1830	1
1837	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	4
1865	1
1867	2
1870	2
1873	2
1877	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	5
1888	3
1890	7
1891	1
1892	4
1894	4
1895	2
1896	5
1897	7
1898	9
1899	1
1901	7
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	29
1906	27
1907	36
1908	19
1909	9
1910	28
1911	12
1912	32
1913	87
1914	45
1915	24
1916	40
1917	35
1918	50
1919	26
1920	34
1921	113
1922	40
1923	129
1924	244
1925	74
1926	196
1927	81
1928	287
1929	186
1930	227
1931	434
1932	480
1933	127
1934	328
1935	236
1936	246
1937	660
1938	306
1939	356
1940	491
1941	263
1942	478
1943	323
1944	859
1945	771
1946	762
1947	777
1948	442
1949	530
1950	513
1951	378
1952	285
1953	375
1954	265
1955	1,780
1956	585
1957	193
1958	306
1959	359
1960	630
1961	595
1962	469
1963	615
1964	495
1965	701
1966	522
1967	531
1968	559
1969	519
1970	402
1971	1,009
1972	542
1973	507
1974	485
1975	1,873
1976	540
1977	1,058
1978	907
1979	613
1980	416
1981	609
1982	883
1983	1,192
1984	714
1985	992
1986	1,131
1987	727
1988	809
1989	1,839
1990	1,080
1991	1,862
1992	884
1993	1,186
1994	1,122
1995	1,048
1996	1,220
1997	957
1998	1,479
1999	763
2000	618
2001	1,350
2002	1,257
2003	706
2004	1,357
2005	931
2006	1,056
2007	1,752
2008	944
2009	1,001
2010	542
2011	973
2012	909
2013	1,382
2014	1,135
2015	1,070
2016	701
2017	463
2018	621
2019	512
2020	860
2021	433
2022	1,302
2023	1,426
2024	565
2025	1,338
2026	1,464

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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	144
10 to 20	10
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2