Weather Records on 26 March 1948

325 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 1948. Highest significance: Mora, US.

Key Facts for 26 March 1948

On 26 March 1948, 325 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
85 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 321 daily.
Mora set a daily record precipitation of 32.3 mm (1.3 in) on 26 March 1948.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

325 stations

325 station records on 26 March 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Honomanu 450	United States	Record daily precipitation	275.6 mm (10.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Welverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brandfort (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adirampatanam	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Franz	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pattukkottai	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Franz	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parys (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
North End	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wayne Maumee	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.1 C (100.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.9 C (73.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Terrace	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kamsack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Millersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gray	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Abundance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nannilam	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wausau Record Herald	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arantangi	India	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leamington	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhainsdehi	India	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

325 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 163, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 26 March 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	163
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 26 March 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 321.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

268 broken records

Margins by which the 268 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 450.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 March 1948

Top 20 records on 26 March 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 1948	Mora, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1948	Cochrane, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1948	Honomanu 450, US	daily rain	275.6 mm (10.9 in)	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1948	Welverdiend (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1948	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1948	Brandfort (Mag), ZA	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1948	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1948	Adirampatanam, IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1948	Casey, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1948	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1948	Franz, CA	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	5 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1948	Pattukkottai, IN	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1948	Franz, CA	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	5 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1948	Morekulam, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1948	Storm Lake, US	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	2 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1948	Dalby Post Office, AU	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	53 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1948	Kyogle Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1948	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily high min	17.3 C (63.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	51 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1948	Toledo 3N, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 March 1948	Wilmington 3 N, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	27 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1948. 1948 had 325 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 1948-03-26: 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 100	264
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1