Weather Records on 20 March 1938

394 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1938. Highest significance: Woodbine Station, AU.

Key Facts for 20 March 1938

On 20 March 1938, 394 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
273 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 386 daily.
Woodbine Station set a daily record precipitation of 70.9 mm (2.8 in) on 20 March 1938.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

394 stations

394 station records on 20 March 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Woodbine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgetown	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baramulla	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Demopolis Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenbushes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boyanup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitt Town Lab.Farm (Scheyville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

394 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 76, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 20 March 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	76
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 20 March 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 386.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

323 broken records

Margins by which the 323 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1938

Top 20 records on 20 March 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1938	Woodbine Station, AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1938	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1938	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1938	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low max	15.9 C (60.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1938	Putbus, DE	daily high max	17.9 C (64.2 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1938	Greensboro, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1938	Big Timber, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1938	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high max	16.5 C (61.7 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	55 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1938	Ridgetown, CA	monthly high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1938	Baramulla, IN	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1938	Demopolis Lock 4, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1938	Ashton 1N, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1938	Decatur 1 N, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1938	Weissenburg, DE	daily high max	19.7 C (67.5 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	55 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1938	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	56 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1938	Gorlitz, DE	daily high max	19.6 C (67.3 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	55 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1938	Nurnberg, DE	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	55 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1938	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily high max	19.6 C (67.3 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1938	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily high max	20.2 C (68.4 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	55 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1938	Skara 1, SE	daily high max	11.3 C (52.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	55 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

1808 to 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1938. 1938 had 394 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 20	304
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2