Weather Records on 18 March 1936

699 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 1936. Highest significance: Walgett Council Depot, AU.

Key Facts for 18 March 1936

On 18 March 1936, 699 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 643 daily.
Walgett Council Depot set a monthly record daily precipitation of 91.4 mm (3.6 in) on 18 March 1936.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

699 stations

699 station records on 18 March 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 March 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Monkira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Peraiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Virudhunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nilakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ottapidaram	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Skye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sattur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Devikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mannarghat	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mudukulathur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kirnur Nam	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arasadi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clearfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Uthamapalayam	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sivakasi	India	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Acmetonia Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Louth (Mulya Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Melur	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adanakottai	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ko253Lpatti Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marra Creek (Womboin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Goangra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sivagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bodinayakkanur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lohn (Warrigal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Usilampatti	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bunghill Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

699 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 116, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 479, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 18 March 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	116
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	479
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 18 March 1936 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 55, daily 643.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

647 broken records

Margins by which the 647 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 950.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 1936

Top 20 records on 18 March 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 1936	Walgett Council Depot, AU	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	68 of 100 (Major)
18 March 1936	Walma, AU	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
18 March 1936	Worcester, US	monthly rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 March 1936	Walgett (Euroka), AU	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	61 of 100 (Major)
18 March 1936	Monkira, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1936	Peraiyur, IN	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1936	Virudhunagar, IN	monthly rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1936	Brookville, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1936	Riverton, US	monthly rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1936	Nilakottai, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1936	Ottapidaram, IN	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1936	Dandaloo (Skye), AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1936	Parkers Landing, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1936	Staunton Wtp, US	monthly rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1936	Sattur, IN	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1936	Devikulam, IN	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1936	Mannarghat, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1936	Mudukulathur, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1936	Renovo, US	monthly rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1936	Kirnur Nam, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)

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

1806 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1936. 1936 had 699 records.

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

Records on 03-18 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	1
1814	1
1831	1
1836	1
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	5
1853	2
1859	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	3
1876	1
1881	1
1882	3
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	10
1897	14
1898	5
1899	8
1900	14
1901	2
1902	9
1903	22
1904	9
1905	19
1906	13
1907	11
1908	8
1909	9
1910	12
1911	17
1912	16
1913	24
1914	32
1915	30
1916	73
1917	45
1918	32
1919	25
1920	39
1921	66
1922	39
1923	262
1924	96
1925	145
1926	251
1927	376
1928	301
1929	106
1930	261
1931	167
1932	212
1933	244
1934	375
1935	87
1936	699
1937	296
1938	304
1939	750
1940	444
1941	954
1942	382
1943	603
1944	321
1945	751
1946	492
1947	328
1948	296
1949	292
1950	1,042
1951	582
1952	474
1953	218
1954	355
1955	469
1956	363
1957	374
1958	347
1959	392
1960	585
1961	579
1962	284
1963	665
1964	348
1965	1,584
1966	540
1967	1,396
1968	915
1969	601
1970	533
1971	405
1972	1,028
1973	716
1974	694
1975	614
1976	538
1977	684
1978	1,003
1979	894
1980	588
1981	570
1982	1,284
1983	1,225
1984	446
1985	731
1986	626
1987	933
1988	1,001
1989	1,147
1990	1,478
1991	706
1992	789
1993	1,683
1994	960
1995	833
1996	518
1997	1,024
1998	1,144
1999	1,051
2000	524
2001	841
2002	1,562
2003	1,425
2004	1,232
2005	1,178
2006	551
2007	1,330
2008	1,066
2009	776
2010	678
2011	993
2012	3,348
2013	783
2014	701
2015	943
2016	675
2017	1,183
2018	921
2019	666
2020	672
2021	562
2022	476
2023	890
2024	843
2025	728
2026	2,870

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Data for records on 1936-03-18: 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 200	644
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1