Weather Records on 26 March 1934

289 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 1934. Highest significance: Barrie, CA.

Key Facts for 26 March 1934

On 26 March 1934, 289 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 109 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 283 daily.
Barrie set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 26 March 1934.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

289 stations

289 station records on 26 March 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Harpe	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pretoria-Fountains	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wayne City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
La Monte	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

289 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 109, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 26 March 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	109
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 26 March 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 283.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

246 broken records

Margins by which the 246 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

26 March 1934

Top 20 records on 26 March 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 1934	Barrie, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1934	Newport, US	monthly rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1934	Mbabane, SZ	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1934	Coldwater St School, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1934	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1934	Beaumont City, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1934	Toronto Agincourt, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1934	Pine Bluff, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1934	Coldwater, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1934	Chatham 2, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1934	Galva, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1934	Bancroft, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1934	Minonk, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1934	Camden 1, US	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1934	La Harpe, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1934	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1934	Orillia, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1934	Pocahontas 1, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1934	Caruthersville, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1934	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	56 years	30 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1934. 1934 had 289 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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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	224
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1