Weather Records on 20 March 1929

56 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1929. Highest significance: Lakefield, CA.

Key Facts for 20 March 1929

On 20 March 1929, 56 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 55 daily.
Lakefield set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 20 March 1929.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

56 stations

56 station records on 20 March 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oodnadatta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Baku	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-10.7 C (12.7 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Power	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

56 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 20, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 20 March 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	20
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 20 March 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 55.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

39 broken records

Margins by which the 39 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 15.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1929

Top 20 records on 20 March 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1929	Lakefield, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1929	Victoria Cp&L, US	monthly rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1929	Syktyvkar, RU	daily rain	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1929	Turkestan, KZ	daily rain	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1929	Coleman, US	daily rain	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1929	Ft Stockton 1, US	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1929	Ladner, CA	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1929	Halmstad, SE	daily high max	10.9 C (51.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	46 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1929	Jokkmokk, SE	daily high min	2.5 C (36.5 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1929	Gavar, AM	daily rain	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1929	Oodnadatta Post Office, AU	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	36 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1929	Savanne, CA	daily low max	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1929	St John's, CA	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1929	Arhangelsk, RU	daily rain	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	29 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1929	Irkutsk, RU	daily high max	9.8 C (49.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1929	Gallivare_A, SE	daily high min	0.5 C (32.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	36 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1929	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1929	Bloomfield, CA	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	30 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1929	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	12 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1929	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	16 years	12 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1929. 1929 had 56 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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Data for records on 1929-03-20: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2	21
2 to 4	7
4 to 6	3
6 to 8	3
8 to 10	1
10 to 12	1
12 to 14	1
14 to 16	2