Weather Records on 14 March 1936

178 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 1936. Highest significance: Mount Playfair, AU.

Key Facts for 14 March 1936

On 14 March 1936, 178 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 171 daily.
Mount Playfair set a daily record precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 14 March 1936.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

178 stations

178 station records on 14 March 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Playfair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Potchefstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saltern Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tangorin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Proserpine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	282.0 cm (111.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dalgety (Hamilton St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wallumbilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stamford Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lochnagar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pretoria-Fountains	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	131.0 cm (51.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	190.5 cm (75.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Juandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carapook (the Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carabost	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ilfracombe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bayrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Colac Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

178 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 80, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 14 March 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	80
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 14 March 1936 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 4, daily 171.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

156 broken records

Margins by which the 156 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1803.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 1936

Top 20 records on 14 March 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 1936	Mount Playfair, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1936	Maneroo, AU	daily rain	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1936	Longreach Post Office, AU	all-time rain	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1936	Cameron Downs, AU	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1936	Potchefstroom, ZA	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1936	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1936	Saltern Post Office, AU	monthly rain	183.6 mm (7.2 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1936	Winton Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1936	Prairie Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1936	Beaconsfield, AU	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1936	Tangorin, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1936	Taung, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1936	Barcaldine Post Office, AU	all-time rain	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1936	Emsdale, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1936	Proserpine Post Office, AU	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1936	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1936	Geilo, NO	daily snow depth	282.0 cm (111.0 in)	99.0 cm (39.0 in)	23 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1936	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	41.0 cm (16.1 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1936	Hughenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1936	Dalgety (Hamilton St), AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	29 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

1810 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1936. 1936 had 178 records.

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

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

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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 250	152
250 to 500	2
500 to 750	0
750 to 1000	1
1000 to 1250	0
1250 to 1500	0
1500 to 1750	0
1750 to 2000	1