Weather Records on 20 March 1972

635 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1972. Highest significance: Campina Grande, BR.

Key Facts for 20 March 1972

On 20 March 1972, 635 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
431 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 624 daily.
Campina Grande set a monthly record daily precipitation of 190.8 mm (7.5 in) on 20 March 1972.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

635 stations

635 station records on 20 March 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Campina Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	190.8 mm (7.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dunbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mankayane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toolebuc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Martin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ngukurr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Cruzeta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sanzar	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Humpty Doo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Groblersplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mapumulo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Meade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paca-Ata	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Champagne (Naf)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fig Tree	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Witwater (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elandspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glendive	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lame Deer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Ema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Luzia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cordes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taloga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Serra Grande (Ibitirucu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eskridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

635 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 282, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 151, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 20 March 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	282
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 20 March 1972 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 624.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

512 broken records

Margins by which the 512 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1972

Top 20 records on 20 March 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1972	Campina Grande, BR	monthly rain	190.8 mm (7.5 in)	109.9 mm (4.3 in)	61 years	74 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1972	Houston Wb City, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	67 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1972	Dunbar Station, AU	daily rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1972	Mankayane, SZ	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1972	Toolebuc, AU	all-time rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1972	Martin, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1972	Cuero, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1972	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	70 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1972	Sealy, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1972	Ngukurr, AU	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1972	Glenwood 3SW, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	77 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1972	Jonkoping, SE	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	89 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1972	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	77 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1972	Acude Cruzeta, BR	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1972	Audubon, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	77 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1972	Sanzar, UZ	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1972	Humpty Doo Station, AU	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1972	Velikie Luki, RU	daily high max	8.7 C (47.7 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	75 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1972	Groblersplaas, ZA	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1972	Ulricehamn, SE	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	79 years	35 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1972. 1972 had 635 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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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 20	484
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1