Weather Records on 20 March 1951

788 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1951. Highest significance: Bellbrook (East Street), AU.

Key Facts for 20 March 1951

On 20 March 1951, 788 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
31 were record highs and 410 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 781 daily.
Bellbrook (East Street) set a daily record precipitation of 113.0 mm (4.4 in) on 20 March 1951.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

788 stations

788 station records on 20 March 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Paoli	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Scarsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coomrith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carinhanha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pao de Acucar	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	156.0 cm (61.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Talwood State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caetite	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.5 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salgueiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich Township	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bungunya School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Taree (Radio Station 2Re)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Merry Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fallston	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Samford Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Thallon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bellingen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

788 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 281, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 129, Heaviest daily rainfall 251, Heaviest daily snowfall 56, Deepest snow cover 40.

Records on 20 March 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	281
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	129
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	56
Deepest snow cover	40

Records on 20 March 1951 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 781.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

661 broken records

Margins by which the 661 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 520.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1951

Top 20 records on 20 March 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1951	Bellbrook (East Street), AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1951	Parry Sound, CA	daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	70 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1951	Paoli, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1951	W Pt, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1951	Grafton City Council, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1951	Hampton, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1951	Scarsdale, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1951	Burlington Muni AP, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1951	Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard), AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1951	South Grafton Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1951	Coomrith, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1951	Paoli, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1951	Greta Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1951	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1951	Carinhanha, BR	daily rain	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1951	Keosauqua, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1951	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1951	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1951	Pao de Acucar, BR	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1951	Hedal I Valdres, NO	daily snow depth	156.0 cm (61.4 in)	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	42 years	38 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

1808 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1951. 1951 had 788 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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Data for records on 1951-03-20: 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	635
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1