Weather Records on 26 March 1932

279 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 1932. Highest significance: Patiala Obsy, IN.

Key Facts for 26 March 1932

On 26 March 1932, 279 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 276 daily.
Patiala Obsy set a daily record precipitation of 44.7 mm (1.8 in) on 26 March 1932.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

279 stations

279 station records on 26 March 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Patiala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Machilpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moonambel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lehal	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gujjran	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tohana	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gulah(Gula)	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sikandra Rao	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Benalla Sharon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Expedition Pass Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bilgram	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagaon Bhogaon	India	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nimarana	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bah	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaimganj	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hardoi	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mustafabad Jasra	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hindaun	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ranike	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kotra	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Etmadpur	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Firozabad	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jalesar	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ambala Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Punahana	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tijara	India	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehpur Sikri	India	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kasganj	India	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Panna	India	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sahaswan	India	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shahjahanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ferozepur(Jhirka)	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rajaund	India	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deoli	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mandawar	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Etawah	India	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karhal	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alwar	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kotputli	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bilara	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Itawah	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

279 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 233, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 March 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	233
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 March 1932 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 276.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

267 broken records

Margins by which the 267 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 44.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 March 1932

Top 20 records on 26 March 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 1932	Patiala Obsy, IN	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1932	Machilpur, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1932	Moonambel, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1932	Lehal, IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1932	Gujjran, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1932	Tohana, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1932	Gulah(Gula), IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1932	Sikandra Rao, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1932	Crowlands (Woodlands), AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1932	Gopalpur, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1932	Benalla Sharon, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1932	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	17.6 C (63.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	60 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1932	Brinkworth (Bungaree), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1932	Expedition Pass Reservoir, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1932	Brookhaven City, US	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1932	Carabost, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1932	Drobeta Turnu Severin, RO	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1932	Kokstad, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1932	Umzimkulu (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1932	Atyrau, KZ	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	31 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

1805 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1932. 1932 had 279 records.

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

Records on 03-26 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1837	1
1843	1
1850	1
1862	2
1865	1
1867	1
1871	1
1873	2
1877	3
1879	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	5
1892	5
1893	1
1894	3
1895	3
1896	6
1897	5
1898	1
1899	3
1901	12
1902	17
1903	18
1904	29
1905	23
1906	20
1907	21
1908	16
1909	21
1910	29
1911	13
1912	33
1913	123
1914	49
1915	16
1916	27
1917	54
1918	60
1919	45
1920	81
1921	79
1922	45
1923	129
1924	115
1925	123
1926	144
1927	75
1928	456
1929	281
1930	376
1931	234
1932	279
1933	102
1934	289
1935	311
1936	269
1937	806
1938	341
1939	310
1940	1,032
1941	366
1942	316
1943	341
1944	437
1945	852
1946	885
1947	619
1948	325
1949	585
1950	458
1951	777
1952	283
1953	482
1954	304
1955	1,914
1956	829
1957	251
1958	314
1959	435
1960	1,067
1961	486
1962	330
1963	497
1964	898
1965	1,063
1966	306
1967	538
1968	562
1969	593
1970	368
1971	1,502
1972	634
1973	522
1974	691
1975	859
1976	567
1977	626
1978	1,008
1979	677
1980	459
1981	824
1982	736
1983	1,199
1984	594
1985	860
1986	634
1987	741
1988	1,094
1989	1,031
1990	871
1991	1,705
1992	642
1993	966
1994	707
1995	1,374
1996	1,372
1997	1,298
1998	1,305
1999	867
2000	601
2001	1,383
2002	1,092
2003	746
2004	1,511
2005	776
2006	949
2007	1,976
2008	1,161
2009	754
2010	717
2011	691
2012	945
2013	1,759
2014	1,048
2015	846
2016	463
2017	430
2018	693
2019	364
2020	812
2021	778
2022	1,281
2023	1,817
2024	780
2025	1,860
2026	1,809

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Data for records on 1932-03-26: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 26 March 1932
Margin	Records
0 to 10	190
10 to 20	60
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1