Weather Records on 20 March 1964

525 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1964. Highest significance: Beardsley, US.

Key Facts for 20 March 1964

On 20 March 1964, 525 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 523 daily.
Beardsley set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 20 March 1964.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

525 stations

525 station records on 20 March 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beardsley	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Olho Dagua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Western 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paravur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Drumheller	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mukteshwar Kumaon	India	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kottayam P.W.D	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
King City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mudukulathur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cramond, Albert Fall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meadowlands 9 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morada Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atalaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mahnomen	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Cedro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

525 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 17, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 241, Heaviest daily snowfall 161, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 20 March 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	17
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	241
Heaviest daily snowfall	161
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 20 March 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 523.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

442 broken records

Margins by which the 442 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1964

Top 20 records on 20 March 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1964	Beardsley, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	69 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1964	Long Prairie, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	70 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1964	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1964	Milaca, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1964	Aurora, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1964	Table Rock 4N, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1964	Wakeeney, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1964	Mt Ayr, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1964	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1964	Abilene, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1964	Tecumseh 1S, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1964	Saint Paul, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1964	Red Cloud, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1964	Olho Dagua, BR	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1964	Antioch, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1964	Maquoketa, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	66 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1964	Western 2W, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1964	Chicago Midway AP 3SW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1964	Tipton, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	70 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1964	Paravur, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	58 years	37 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1964. 1964 had 525 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1964-03-20: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	388
50 to 100	39
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2