Weather Records on 18 March 1928

301 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 1928. Highest significance: State College, US.

Key Facts for 18 March 1928

On 18 March 1928, 301 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
49 were record highs and 78 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 299 daily.
State College set a daily record snowfall of 37.6 cm (14.8 in) on 18 March 1928.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

301 stations

301 station records on 18 March 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 March 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	37.6 cm (14.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg River Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Centre Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose (Para Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Towaninnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrew	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Annapolis US Naval Aca	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newlyn Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

301 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 155, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 18 March 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	155
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 18 March 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 299.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

260 broken records

Margins by which the 260 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 1928

Top 20 records on 18 March 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 1928	State College, US	daily snowfall	37.6 cm (14.8 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1928	Lewisburg, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1928	Renfrew, CA	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1928	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1928	Harrisburg River Gage, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1928	Harrisburg - Coop, US	daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1928	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1928	Carlisle, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1928	Centre Hall, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1928	Towanda 1 S, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1928	Dale Enterprise, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1928	Buckhannon, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1928	Moorefield 1 SSE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1928	Dunderlandsdalen, NO	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1928	Clarksville, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1928	Harpers Ferry River, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1928	Bellbrook (East Street), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1928	Glenville, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1928	Ottawa, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
18 March 1928	Napoleon, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	31 years	28 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

1806 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1928. 1928 had 301 records.

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

Records on 03-18 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	1
1814	1
1831	1
1836	1
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	5
1853	2
1859	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	3
1876	1
1881	1
1882	3
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	10
1897	14
1898	5
1899	8
1900	14
1901	2
1902	9
1903	22
1904	9
1905	19
1906	13
1907	11
1908	8
1909	9
1910	12
1911	17
1912	16
1913	24
1914	32
1915	30
1916	73
1917	45
1918	32
1919	25
1920	39
1921	66
1922	39
1923	262
1924	96
1925	145
1926	251
1927	376
1928	301
1929	106
1930	261
1931	167
1932	212
1933	244
1934	375
1935	87
1936	699
1937	296
1938	304
1939	750
1940	444
1941	954
1942	382
1943	603
1944	321
1945	751
1946	492
1947	328
1948	296
1949	292
1950	1,042
1951	582
1952	474
1953	218
1954	355
1955	469
1956	363
1957	374
1958	347
1959	392
1960	585
1961	579
1962	284
1963	665
1964	348
1965	1,584
1966	540
1967	1,396
1968	915
1969	601
1970	533
1971	405
1972	1,028
1973	716
1974	694
1975	614
1976	538
1977	684
1978	1,003
1979	894
1980	588
1981	570
1982	1,284
1983	1,225
1984	446
1985	731
1986	626
1987	933
1988	1,001
1989	1,147
1990	1,478
1991	706
1992	789
1993	1,683
1994	960
1995	833
1996	518
1997	1,024
1998	1,144
1999	1,051
2000	524
2001	841
2002	1,562
2003	1,425
2004	1,232
2005	1,178
2006	551
2007	1,330
2008	1,066
2009	776
2010	678
2011	993
2012	3,348
2013	783
2014	701
2015	943
2016	675
2017	1,183
2018	921
2019	666
2020	672
2021	562
2022	476
2023	890
2024	843
2025	728
2026	2,870

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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 50	250
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1