Weather Records on 26 March 1944

437 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 1944. Highest significance: Magarwara, IN.

Key Facts for 26 March 1944

On 26 March 1944, 437 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
55 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 432 daily.
Magarwara set a monthly record daily precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 26 March 1944.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

437 stations

437 station records on 26 March 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Magarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Plum Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chatrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bhind	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jankia	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lalsot	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garhwa	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trout Creek 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fortaleza (Escola Regional)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Belmond	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Luis Gomes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barauli	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shahabad	India	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Srimadhopur	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daltonganj	India	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sujangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Touws River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

437 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 89, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 26 March 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	89
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 26 March 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 432.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

365 broken records

Margins by which the 365 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 340.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 March 1944

Top 20 records on 26 March 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 1944	Magarwara, IN	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 March 1944	Gangapur, IN	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1944	Plum Island, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1944	Chatrapur, IN	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1944	Bhind, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1944	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1944	Jankia, IN	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1944	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1944	N Loup, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1944	Lalsot, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1944	Albion, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1944	Franklin, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1944	Garhwa, IN	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1944	Heppner, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1944	Mexico, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1944	Mc Cook, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1944	W Pt, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1944	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1944	Trout Creek 2 W, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1944	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 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

1805 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1944. 1944 had 437 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1944-03-26: 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	325
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1