Weather Records on 26 March 1941

366 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 1941. Highest significance: Altastenberg, DE.

Key Facts for 26 March 1941

On 26 March 1941, 366 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 355 daily.
Altastenberg set a daily record precipitation of 32.9 mm (1.3 in) on 26 March 1941.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

366 stations

366 station records on 26 March 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gadhinglaj	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ulverstone (Knights Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Canudos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manfred Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingham	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Willeroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Saltern Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milnes Landing	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hope Little Mountain	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rossland City Yard	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Allansford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

366 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 174, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 26 March 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	174
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 26 March 1941 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 355.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

310 broken records

Margins by which the 310 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 March 1941

Top 20 records on 26 March 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 1941	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1941	Sabinal, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1941	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1941	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1941	Hypoluxo, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1941	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1941	Cape Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1941	Houlton, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1941	Jericho Store, AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1941	Corinda, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1941	Anakie Richardson St, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1941	Taos, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1941	Bic, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1941	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1941	Axel, NL	monthly rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1941	Gadhinglaj, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1941	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1941	Pine Hill Railway Station, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1941	Ulverstone (Knights Road), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1941	Canudos, BR	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	31 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1941. 1941 had 366 records.

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

Records on 03-26 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1837	1
1843	1
1850	1
1862	2
1865	1
1867	1
1871	1
1873	2
1877	3
1879	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	5
1892	5
1893	1
1894	3
1895	3
1896	6
1897	5
1898	1
1899	3
1901	12
1902	17
1903	18
1904	29
1905	23
1906	20
1907	21
1908	16
1909	21
1910	29
1911	13
1912	33
1913	123
1914	49
1915	16
1916	27
1917	54
1918	60
1919	45
1920	81
1921	79
1922	45
1923	129
1924	115
1925	123
1926	144
1927	75
1928	456
1929	281
1930	376
1931	234
1932	279
1933	102
1934	289
1935	311
1936	269
1937	806
1938	341
1939	310
1940	1,032
1941	366
1942	316
1943	341
1944	437
1945	852
1946	885
1947	619
1948	325
1949	585
1950	458
1951	777
1952	283
1953	482
1954	304
1955	1,914
1956	829
1957	251
1958	314
1959	435
1960	1,067
1961	486
1962	330
1963	497
1964	898
1965	1,063
1966	306
1967	538
1968	562
1969	593
1970	368
1971	1,502
1972	634
1973	522
1974	691
1975	859
1976	567
1977	626
1978	1,008
1979	677
1980	459
1981	824
1982	736
1983	1,199
1984	594
1985	860
1986	634
1987	741
1988	1,094
1989	1,031
1990	871
1991	1,705
1992	642
1993	966
1994	707
1995	1,374
1996	1,372
1997	1,298
1998	1,305
1999	867
2000	601
2001	1,383
2002	1,092
2003	746
2004	1,511
2005	776
2006	949
2007	1,976
2008	1,161
2009	754
2010	717
2011	691
2012	945
2013	1,759
2014	1,048
2015	846
2016	463
2017	430
2018	693
2019	364
2020	812
2021	778
2022	1,281
2023	1,817
2024	780
2025	1,860
2026	1,809

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Data for records on 1941-03-26: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 50	303
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1