Weather Records on 26 March 1984

594 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 1984. Highest significance: Talbot (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 26 March 1984

On 26 March 1984, 594 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
148 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 577 daily.
Talbot (Post Office) set a daily record precipitation of 51.4 mm (2.0 in) on 26 March 1984.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

594 stations

594 station records on 26 March 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Talbot (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholme	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ogies (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Star Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tascosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Seneca	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kelvin (Kahana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Abercrombie (Abercrombie Bridg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ainslie Tyson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shiprock	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leaburg 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toketee Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dungowan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Canberra Airport Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Otis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yass (Linton Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Denio	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Star Lake	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fowlerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Castra Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Powhatan	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kangiara (Laverstock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elsinore	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quantico MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tuross	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby (Carovale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cristais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hart Mtn Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St. Leonards (Lowfields)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yarra (Rowe's Lagoon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Biala (Alvison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bailey	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

594 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 93, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 323, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 26 March 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	93
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	323
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 26 March 1984 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 577.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

499 broken records

Margins by which the 499 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 360.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 March 1984

Top 20 records on 26 March 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 1984	Talbot (Post Office), AU	daily rain	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	82 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 March 1984	Syracuse 1NE, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1984	Branxholme, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1984	Farmville, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1984	Ft Bidwell, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	113 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1984	Ogies (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1984	Star Lake, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	62 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1984	Tascosa, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1984	Ruby Lake Nwr, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1984	Seneca, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1984	Birregurra (Post Office), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1984	Loa, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1984	Kelvin (Kahana), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1984	Abercrombie (Abercrombie Bridg, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1984	Woodstock Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1984	Fossil, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1984	Ainslie Tyson St, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1984	Shiprock, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1984	Philippi, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1984	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily low max	13.5 C (56.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	111 years	41 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1984. 1984 had 594 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 50	480
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1