Weather Records on 20 March 1927

298 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1927. Highest significance: Logansport Cicott St, US.

Key Facts for 20 March 1927

On 20 March 1927, 298 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
85 were record highs and 61 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 286 daily.
Logansport Cicott St set a daily record precipitation of 48.8 mm (1.9 in) on 20 March 1927.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

298 stations

298 station records on 20 March 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vickery 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

298 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 141, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 20 March 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	141
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 20 March 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 286.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

249 broken records

Margins by which the 249 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1927

Top 20 records on 20 March 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1927	Logansport Cicott St, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1927	Hannibal 1 N, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1927	Sidney 2 N, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1927	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1927	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1927	Farmland 5 NNW, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1927	Havana, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1927	Boonville, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1927	State College, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1927	Bardstown, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1927	Kenton, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1927	Warren, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1927	Rockville, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1927	Leroy 5 WSW, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1927	Delphi 2 N, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1927	Stornoway Airport, GB	monthly high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1927	Casey, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1927	La Harpe, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1927	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1927	Delta, US	monthly low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	28 years	27 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1927. 1927 had 298 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 20	224
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1