Weather Records on 27 March 1936

246 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 1936. Highest significance: Calumet, US.

Key Facts for 27 March 1936

On 27 March 1936, 246 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 240 daily.
Calumet set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 27 March 1936.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

246 stations

246 station records on 27 March 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 March 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Calumet	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiyahat	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kendrew Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kulasekarapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rockingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Doraville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jalesar	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barud(Warud)	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Laingsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vadgaon (Maval)	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhim (Dawer)	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mangrol	India	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sakardu Obsy	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware Cy Reedy Poin	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Balapur	India	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehpur Sikri	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Etah	India	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Benton City 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sattankulam	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

246 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 129, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 27 March 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 27 March 1936 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 4, daily 240.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

205 broken records

Margins by which the 205 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 March 1936

Top 20 records on 27 March 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 1936	Calumet, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1936	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1936	Cle Elum, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1936	Cheviot Fells, ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1936	Murraysburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1936	Gannapan, ZA	all-time rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1936	Port Blair, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1936	Evansville Ft Court STN, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1936	Paraiyahat, IN	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1936	Ironwood, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1936	Sloan 3 S, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1936	Kendrew Estates, ZA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1936	Snoqualmie Falls, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1936	Kulasekarapatnam, IN	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1936	Rockingham, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1936	Bedford 2 SE, US	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	0 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1936	Ellensburg, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1936	Valley Head, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1936	Kalispell Glacier AP, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	1 year	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1936	Barkerville, CA	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	14 years	24 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1936. 1936 had 246 records.

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

Records on 03-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1807	1
1808	2
1822	1
1830	1
1837	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	4
1865	1
1867	2
1870	2
1873	2
1877	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	5
1888	3
1890	7
1891	1
1892	4
1894	4
1895	2
1896	5
1897	7
1898	9
1899	1
1901	7
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	29
1906	27
1907	36
1908	19
1909	9
1910	28
1911	12
1912	32
1913	87
1914	45
1915	24
1916	40
1917	35
1918	50
1919	26
1920	34
1921	113
1922	40
1923	129
1924	244
1925	74
1926	196
1927	81
1928	287
1929	186
1930	227
1931	434
1932	480
1933	127
1934	328
1935	236
1936	246
1937	660
1938	306
1939	356
1940	491
1941	263
1942	478
1943	323
1944	859
1945	771
1946	762
1947	777
1948	442
1949	530
1950	513
1951	378
1952	285
1953	375
1954	265
1955	1,780
1956	585
1957	193
1958	306
1959	359
1960	630
1961	595
1962	469
1963	615
1964	495
1965	701
1966	522
1967	531
1968	559
1969	519
1970	402
1971	1,009
1972	542
1973	507
1974	485
1975	1,873
1976	540
1977	1,058
1978	907
1979	613
1980	416
1981	609
1982	883
1983	1,192
1984	714
1985	992
1986	1,131
1987	727
1988	809
1989	1,839
1990	1,080
1991	1,862
1992	884
1993	1,186
1994	1,122
1995	1,048
1996	1,220
1997	957
1998	1,479
1999	763
2000	618
2001	1,350
2002	1,257
2003	706
2004	1,357
2005	931
2006	1,056
2007	1,752
2008	944
2009	1,001
2010	542
2011	973
2012	909
2013	1,382
2014	1,135
2015	1,070
2016	701
2017	463
2018	621
2019	512
2020	860
2021	433
2022	1,302
2023	1,426
2024	565
2025	1,338
2026	1,464

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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	201
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1