Weather Records on 20 March 1968

819 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1968. Highest significance: Fatehabad, IN.

Key Facts for 20 March 1968

On 20 March 1968, 819 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
168 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 796 daily.
Fatehabad set a daily record precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 20 March 1968.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

819 stations

819 station records on 20 March 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yabba Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
San Fidel 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tohana	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Atoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hansi	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grapevine Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Story	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Belmonte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Poteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pombal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose de Piranhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Branca (Imoroti)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Namarjan	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Knob	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pearl	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Awini 182.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gindie State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	184.9 mm (7.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karnaprayag	India	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blue	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaville- Mill Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Howard Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Reedy Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
The Cedars	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hugo	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Honokane 181.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.3 mm (5.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Redford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Campo Maior	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

819 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 500, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 20 March 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	500
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 20 March 1968 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 21, daily 796.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

728 broken records

Margins by which the 728 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1968

Top 20 records on 20 March 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1968	Fatehabad, IN	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1968	Roswell Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1968	Ozark, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	73 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1968	Yabba Station, AU	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1968	San Fidel 2 E, US	monthly rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1968	Tohana, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1968	Atoka, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1968	Sherman, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1968	Apache, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1968	Bonham 3NNE, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1968	Hansi, IN	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1968	Grapevine Dam, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1968	Bauhinia Downs Store, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1968	Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1968	Marshall, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1968	Story, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1968	Durant, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1968	Fordyce, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1968	Smithville, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1968	Sao Jose Do Belmonte, BR	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	47 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1968. 1968 had 819 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 1968-03-20: 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	662
50 to 100	53
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2