Weather Records on 26 March 1981

824 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 1981. Highest significance: Port Alfred, ZA.

Key Facts for 26 March 1981

On 26 March 1981, 824 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
355 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 791 daily.
Port Alfred set a daily record precipitation of 82.5 mm (3.2 in) on 26 March 1981.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

824 stations

824 station records on 26 March 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Zuur Anys	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Van Staadens (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rondawel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Feira de Santana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ia?U	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Itajuipe (Piranji)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Ns,	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeira Do Pombal (Pombal)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pullman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Matjiesrivier (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ayrshire Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mascote	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Braunlage	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jequie	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anatone	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caripare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ernabella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nazare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Merensky (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pilao Arcado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inhambupe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Antonio (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jaguarari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Schelm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Airi (Rochedo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Indaiatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wilhelmshaven	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ines	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barrinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

824 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 276, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 382, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 26 March 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	276
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	382
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 26 March 1981 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 31, daily 791.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

714 broken records

Margins by which the 714 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 210.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 March 1981

Top 20 records on 26 March 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 1981	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 March 1981	Alexandria (Bos), ZA	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 March 1981	Zuur Anys, ZA	monthly rain	102.2 mm (4.0 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1981	Van Staadens (Rsv), ZA	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1981	Rondawel, ZA	daily rain	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1981	Feira de Santana, BR	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1981	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	monthly high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	108 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1981	Milan, IT	monthly high min	14.2 C (57.6 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	200 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1981	Ia?U, BR	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1981	Itajuipe (Piranji), BR	daily rain	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1981	Bathurst Ns,, ZA	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1981	Clifton, ZA	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1981	Bajramaly, TM	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	85 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1981	Colfax, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1981	Ribeira Do Pombal (Pombal), BR	daily rain	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1981	Pullman 2 NW, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1981	Regensburg, DE	daily high min	9.0 C (48.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	90 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1981	Matjiesrivier (Skl), ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1981	Ayrshire Downs, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1981	Canning Downs, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	84 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1981. 1981 had 824 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 1981-03-26: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	693
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1