Weather Records on 20 March 1933

354 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1933. Highest significance: Eufaula, US.

Key Facts for 20 March 1933

On 20 March 1933, 354 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 347 daily.
Eufaula set a daily record precipitation of 128.5 mm (5.1 in) on 20 March 1933.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

354 stations

354 station records on 20 March 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grand River Lock	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Touws River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Centre Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record snow depth	177.8 cm (70.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuskegee	United States	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Akhnoor	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanrhysdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wupperthal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

354 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 20 March 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 20 March 1933 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 347.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

307 broken records

Margins by which the 307 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1933

Top 20 records on 20 March 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1933	Eufaula, US	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1933	Ozark 6 NNW, US	daily rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1933	Evergreen, US	daily rain	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1933	Clanton, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1933	Americus, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1933	Grand River Lock, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1933	Touws River, ZA	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1933	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	monthly rain	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1933	Goodwater, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1933	Wetumpka, US	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1933	Blakely, US	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1933	W Pt, US	daily rain	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1933	Centre Hall, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1933	Ft Gaines, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1933	Union 3 SSE, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1933	Marion 2 N, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1933	Sycamore, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1933	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1933	Owen Sound, CA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	51 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1933	Worthington, US	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	34 years	31 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1933. 1933 had 354 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 200	304
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	1
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1