Weather Records on 20 March 1937

220 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1937. Highest significance: Cwebe, ZA.

Key Facts for 20 March 1937

On 20 March 1937, 220 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 217 daily.
Cwebe set a daily record precipitation of 123.7 mm (4.9 in) on 20 March 1937.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

220 stations

220 station records on 20 March 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parlakimedi	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mul	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kriel (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kukuiula 935	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	182.0 cm (71.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grove Farm 1021	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warora	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kopiluila	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hinganghat	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wenatchee 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bolaram	India	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kunghari	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Aschersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chandrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record snow depth	98.0 cm (38.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record snow depth	45.0 cm (17.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

220 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 20 March 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 20 March 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 217.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

199 broken records

Margins by which the 199 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 690.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1937

Top 20 records on 20 March 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1937	Cwebe, ZA	daily rain	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1937	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1937	Kualapuu 534, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1937	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1937	Auburn, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1937	Parlakimedi, IN	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1937	Oskaloosa, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1937	Chillagoe Atherton Street, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1937	Concord, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	55 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1937	Mana 1026, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1937	Rio Vista, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1937	Walsh River Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1937	Mul, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1937	Kriel (Pol), ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	2 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1937	Fairfield, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1937	Talbotton, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1937	Millerton, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1937	Broken Bow 2 W, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1937	Kukuiula 935, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1937	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily snow depth	182.0 cm (71.7 in)	69.0 cm (27.2 in)	0 years	23 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

1808 to 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1937. 1937 had 220 records.

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

Records on 03-20 in each year
Year	Records
1808	3
1818	1
1822	2
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1845	1
1849	3
1850	1
1852	1
1853	1
1858	1
1862	1
1865	11
1866	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	2
1879	2
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1886	2
1887	3
1888	5
1889	5
1890	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	8
1901	6
1902	13
1903	34
1904	12
1905	6
1906	16
1907	17
1908	4
1909	6
1910	20
1911	35
1912	12
1913	42
1914	51
1915	22
1916	46
1917	49
1918	40
1919	31
1920	52
1921	93
1922	49
1923	275
1924	76
1925	121
1926	103
1927	298
1928	258
1929	56
1930	86
1931	492
1932	117
1933	354
1934	243
1935	408
1936	245
1937	220
1938	394
1939	240
1940	486
1941	390
1942	325
1943	378
1944	611
1945	636
1946	435
1947	299
1948	697
1949	352
1950	367
1951	788
1952	589
1953	350
1954	303
1955	719
1956	527
1957	516
1958	467
1959	293
1960	594
1961	332
1962	363
1963	447
1964	525
1965	2,020
1966	367
1967	784
1968	819
1969	374
1970	912
1971	377
1972	635
1973	422
1974	755
1975	932
1976	989
1977	352
1978	863
1979	712
1980	458
1981	712
1982	1,189
1983	1,179
1984	775
1985	636
1986	666
1987	867
1988	1,044
1989	793
1990	1,496
1991	1,205
1992	654
1993	1,014
1994	1,040
1995	857
1996	1,147
1997	1,801
1998	963
1999	793
2000	894
2001	1,048
2002	1,698
2003	1,166
2004	1,701
2005	602
2006	1,353
2007	1,053
2008	993
2009	445
2010	1,264
2011	1,003
2012	3,051
2013	762
2014	800
2015	521
2016	450
2017	1,331
2018	587
2019	530
2020	1,006
2021	487
2022	667
2023	975
2024	520
2025	848
2026	3,126

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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	192
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1