Weather Records on 23 March 1936

437 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 1936. Highest significance: Marshalltown, US.

Key Facts for 23 March 1936

On 23 March 1936, 437 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 434 daily.
Marshalltown set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 23 March 1936.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

437 stations

437 station records on 23 March 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baxter	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ottapalam	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Frazerpet	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cooroy Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sunticoppa	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	252.0 cm (99.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Methven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wilson (Nooroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jaitanga Valley	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vashon Island	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rolfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cherapalaseri	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

437 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 44, Heaviest daily rainfall 193, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 23 March 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	44
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 23 March 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 434.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

355 broken records

Margins by which the 355 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 670.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 1936

Top 20 records on 23 March 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 1936	Marshalltown, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1936	Guthrie Ctr, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1936	St Georges, CA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1936	Winterset 4N, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1936	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1936	Cumberland, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1936	Tabulam Post Office, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1936	Boetsap (Pol), ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1936	Uccle, BE	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1936	Grenfell, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1936	Greenfield, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 1936	Kellogg, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1936	Baxter, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1936	Lithgow (Cooerwull), AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1936	Ottapalam, IN	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1936	Holdenville 2SSE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1936	Corning, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1936	Perry, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1936	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 March 1936	Columbia Wb City, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 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

1796 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1936. 1936 had 437 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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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 100	348
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1