Weather Records on 26 March 1949

585 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 1949. Highest significance: Telemon Station, AU.

Key Facts for 26 March 1949

On 26 March 1949, 585 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
173 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 572 daily.
Telemon Station set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 26 March 1949.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

585 stations

585 station records on 26 March 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Telemon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bindango	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mungallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ungowa Forest Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ntsubane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Evora Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dynevor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bungeworgorai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barambah View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buderim Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lynway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barambah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muckadilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pialba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Abundance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kia Ora Sandy Ridges	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Antenor Navarro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

585 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 373, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 26 March 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	373
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 26 March 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 572.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

502 broken records

Margins by which the 502 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 March 1949

Top 20 records on 26 March 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 1949	Telemon Station, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	58 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 March 1949	Kamiesberg, ZA	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1949	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1949	Victoria Downs, AU	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1949	Bindango, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1949	Gillespie, AU	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1949	Forest Vale, AU	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1949	Waseca, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1949	Atkinson 3SW, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1949	Newport, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1949	Mungallala, AU	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1949	Ungowa Forest Station, AU	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1949	Morven Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1949	Ntsubane (Bos), ZA	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1949	Danville, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1949	Lynch, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1949	Stratton, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1949	Evora Station, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1949	Blackall Township, AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1949	Redford, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)

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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1949. 1949 had 585 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 1949-03-26: 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	497
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1