Weather Records on 20 March 1939

240 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1939. Highest significance: Nymagee (Pyramid), AU.

Key Facts for 20 March 1939

On 20 March 1939, 240 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 233 daily.
Nymagee (Pyramid) set a daily record precipitation of 36.8 mm (1.4 in) on 20 March 1939.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

240 stations

240 station records on 20 March 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nymagee (Pyramid)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cadelga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kancheepuram	India	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kovvur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Darsi	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uttiramerur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mangalgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Narsaraopet	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Srungavarapukota	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blackheath (Lawrence St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.8 C (21.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Konda	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wanaaring (Urisino)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santaravur	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dolphin@S Nose Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Panki	India	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhimunipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uthankarai	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Srikakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sompeta	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gobindpur	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

240 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 84, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 20 March 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	84
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 20 March 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 233.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

207 broken records

Margins by which the 207 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1939

Top 20 records on 20 March 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1939	Nymagee (Pyramid), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1939	Tiruvannamalai, IN	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1939	Cadelga, AU	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1939	Tibooburra Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1939	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1939	Kancheepuram, IN	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1939	Bella Coola, CA	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1939	Kovvur, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1939	Darsi, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1939	Bhimavaram, IN	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1939	Uttiramerur, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1939	Banff, CA	monthly high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1939	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1939	Bowral Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1939	Sullurpet, IN	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1939	Saint Ignatius, US	monthly high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	42 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1939	Big Creek, CA	monthly high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	42 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1939	Regensburg, DE	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	51 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1939	Colfax, US	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1939	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	26 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1939. 1939 had 240 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 25	194
25 to 50	7
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1