Weather Records on 20 March 1975

932 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1975. Highest significance: Manilla Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 20 March 1975

On 20 March 1975, 932 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
209 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 903 daily.
Manilla Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 57.4 mm (2.3 in) on 20 March 1975.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

932 stations

932 station records on 20 March 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wallabadah (Woodton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rtiscevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Clarke City	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Portage des Roches	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkes Barre	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond (Brookbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Herzberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Waite Institute)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hollisterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pforzheim-Eutingen	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bagotville A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Daniel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Currie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Hohenheim	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Pirie Nyrstar Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ceylon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chesterfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Balline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal/St-Hubert A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harzgerode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kalannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roseworthy Agric College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Doaktown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kondut East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Nelson Lighthouse Compari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Val-Marie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

932 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 595, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 20 March 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	595
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 20 March 1975 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 903.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

828 broken records

Margins by which the 828 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1975

Top 20 records on 20 March 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1975	Manilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1975	Wallabadah (Woodton), AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	80 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1975	Rtiscevo, RU	monthly rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	13 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1975	Clarke City, CA	monthly rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1975	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	monthly rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	76 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1975	Portage des Roches, CA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1975	Partizansk, RU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1975	Yellow Grass, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1975	Lawrenceville 3 SW, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1975	Wilkes Barre, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1975	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1975	Richmond (Brookbank), AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1975	Herzberg, DE	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1975	Lyndoch, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1975	Harwell, AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1975	Adelaide (Waite Institute), AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1975	Graz, AT	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1975	Hollisterville, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1975	La Malbaie, CA	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1975	Pforzheim-Eutingen, DE	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	20 years	46 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1975. 1975 had 932 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 50	806
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1