Weather Records on 26 March 1945

852 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 1945. Highest significance: Willow City, US.

Key Facts for 26 March 1945

On 26 March 1945, 852 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
576 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 92 monthly and 760 daily.
Willow City set a monthly record daily precipitation of 37.3 mm (1.5 in) on 26 March 1945.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

852 stations

852 station records on 26 March 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
North Fork Mntc STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Westhope	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morada Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Caron	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muscatine 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pine River 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Roseau	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Schreiber	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Iraucuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Les Cedres	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sorel	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hansboro 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chelsea	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

852 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 252, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 324, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 26 March 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	252
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	324
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 26 March 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 92, daily 760.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

731 broken records

Margins by which the 731 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 173.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 March 1945

Top 20 records on 26 March 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 1945	Willow City, US	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	70 of 100 (Major)
26 March 1945	North Fork Mntc STN, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1945	Winnemucca AP, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1945	Goderich, CA	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1945	Winnemucca AP, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1945	Westhope, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1945	Tashkent, UZ	monthly rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1945	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	19.5 C (67.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	152 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1945	Joseph, US	daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1945	Marion 1 N, US	monthly rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1945	Goderich, CA	daily high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	13.9 C (25.0 F)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1945	Uniontown, US	monthly rain	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1945	Morada Nova, BR	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1945	Ottawa Cda, CA	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1945	Innsbruck, AT	daily high min	11.9 C (53.4 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1945	Caron, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1945	Lucknow, CA	monthly high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	51 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1945	Muscatine 2, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1945	Portal, US	monthly rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1945	Emerson, CA	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	65 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1945. 1945 had 852 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 1945-03-26: 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 25	718
25 to 50	5
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1