Weather Records on 26 March 1978

1,008 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 1978. Highest significance: Baltimore Customs House, US.

Key Facts for 26 March 1978

On 26 March 1978, 1,008 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
265 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 989 daily.
Baltimore Customs House set a daily record precipitation of 64.5 mm (2.5 in) on 26 March 1978.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

1,008 stations

1,008 station records on 26 March 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pixoyal (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marcus Hook	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Diamond Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clifford Chambers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth City	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
New Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Conowingo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mathias	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg Capital City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Illilawa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parambu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kenilworth Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Calimo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ventersburg (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parkton 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Savage Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Timberville 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vienna	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Apiuna -Regua Nova (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Clothilde Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deerfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Allentown Lehigh Vly Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moyhu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Farnham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,008 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 148, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 474, Heaviest daily snowfall 98, Deepest snow cover 48.

Records on 26 March 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	148
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	474
Heaviest daily snowfall	98
Deepest snow cover	48

Records on 26 March 1978 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 989.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

857 broken records

Margins by which the 857 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 March 1978

Top 20 records on 26 March 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 1978	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	100 years	77 of 100 (Major)
26 March 1978	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	65 of 100 (Major)
26 March 1978	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1978	Lexington, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1978	Franklin 2 NE, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1978	Monterey, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1978	Pixoyal (Smn), MX	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1978	Lajas Substn, PR	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1978	Candelaria (Smn), MX	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1978	Marcus Hook, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1978	Diamond Springs, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	7 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1978	Moorefield 1 SSE, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1978	Bowman, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1978	Dale Enterprise, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1978	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1978	Lewisburg 3 N, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1978	Clifford Chambers, ZA	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1978	Elizabeth City, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1978	New Park, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1978	Bridgeville 1 NW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	45 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 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1978. 1978 had 1,008 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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Data for records on 1978-03-26: 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 100	840
100 to 200	13
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1