Weather Records on 20 March 1943

378 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1943. Highest significance: Pardelup, AU.

Key Facts for 20 March 1943

On 20 March 1943, 378 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
80 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 369 daily.
Pardelup set a daily record precipitation of 37.3 mm (1.5 in) on 20 March 1943.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

378 stations

378 station records on 20 March 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pardelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Umari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milagres	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farias Brito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati Sus Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record snow depth	230.0 cm (90.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dumbleyung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Simmesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record snow depth	149.9 cm (59.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Edinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vicksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cinclare	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

378 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 20, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 117, Heaviest daily rainfall 124, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 20 March 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	20
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	117
Heaviest daily rainfall	124
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 20 March 1943 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 369.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

301 broken records

Margins by which the 301 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1943

Top 20 records on 20 March 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1943	Pardelup, AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1943	Spencer 1 N, US	daily snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1943	Park Falls Dnr HQ, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1943	Amite, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1943	Columbia, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1943	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1943	Franklinton, US	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	71.7 mm (2.8 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1943	Laurel, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1943	Umari, BR	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1943	Frankfort Downtown, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1943	Milagres, BR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1943	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	5 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1943	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1943	Farias Brito, BR	all-time rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1943	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	49 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1943	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1943	Cincinnati Sus Brg, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1943	Creston, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1943	Spencer, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 March 1943	Evansville Ft Court STN, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	30 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1943. 1943 had 378 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 200	290
200 to 400	5
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	4
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1