Weather Records on 20 March 1928

258 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1928. Highest significance: Cape Willoughby, AU.

Key Facts for 20 March 1928

On 20 March 1928, 258 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 252 daily.
Cape Willoughby set a daily record precipitation of 29.2 mm (1.1 in) on 20 March 1928.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

258 stations

258 station records on 20 March 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bass (Kilcunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wickliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kadina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bute (Ninnes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Normanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aldinga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland (Weetulta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone (Booyoolee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Pirie (Valencia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia Sheedy Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

258 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 178.

Records on 20 March 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 March 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 252.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

237 broken records

Margins by which the 237 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 38.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1928

Top 20 records on 20 March 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1928	Cape Willoughby, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1928	Robe Comparison, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1928	Moyston, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1928	Bass (Kilcunda), AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1928	Stansbury, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1928	Willunga, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1928	Coonalpyn, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1928	Uman, UA	daily low min	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	7.6 C (13.7 F)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1928	Second Valley (Poolamacca), AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1928	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1928	Odesa, UA	daily low min	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1928	Wickliffe, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1928	Steveston, CA	monthly high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1928	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	44 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1928	Wallaroo, AU	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1928	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1928	Kadina, AU	daily rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1928	Bute (Ninnes), AU	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1928	Adelaide (Pooraka), AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1928	Millicent, AU	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1928. 1928 had 258 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 5	100
5 to 10	67
10 to 15	42
15 to 20	21
20 to 25	3
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	2