Weather Records on 26 March 1970

368 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 1970. Highest significance: Stuart, US.

Key Facts for 26 March 1970

On 26 March 1970, 368 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 344 daily.
Stuart set a monthly record daily precipitation of 231.1 mm (9.1 in) on 26 March 1970.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

368 stations

368 station records on 26 March 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham Chute	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Temiscamingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Allegan 5NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gary	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pontiac	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vercniy-Gorel'nik	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kipawa Laniel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chicago Midway AP 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.6 cm (8.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Glade	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kentland	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

368 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 153, Heaviest daily snowfall 100, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 26 March 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	153
Heaviest daily snowfall	100
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 26 March 1970 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 22, daily 344.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

317 broken records

Margins by which the 317 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 700.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 March 1970

Top 20 records on 26 March 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 1970	Stuart, US	monthly rain	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1970	Bingham Chute, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1970	Collegeville St Joe AP, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1970	Barrage Temiscamingue, CA	daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	19.5 cm (7.7 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1970	Hiddensee-Vitte, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	37 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1970	Mount Forest, CA	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	74 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1970	Allegan 5NE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1970	Altentreptow, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	78 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1970	Wheaton 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1970	Hastings, US	daily snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1970	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1970	Gore Bay, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1970	Galva, US	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1970	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1970	Ionia 2SSW, US	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1970	Port Townsend, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1970	Hebgen Dam, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1970	Schierke, DE	daily snow depth	100.0 cm (39.4 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	81 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1970	Hastings, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1970	Holland Wtp, US	monthly snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	54 years	39 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 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1970. 1970 had 368 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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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 100	293
100 to 200	22
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1