Weather Records on 20 March 1985

636 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1985. Highest significance: Clarendon, US.

Key Facts for 20 March 1985

On 20 March 1985, 636 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 609 daily.
Clarendon set a daily record precipitation of 51.1 mm (2.0 in) on 20 March 1985.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

636 stations

636 station records on 20 March 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hartley 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hollis 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ico	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Boqueirao Do Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Palacios Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cristais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waurika	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roth Bei Nurnberg	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sparkman	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shamrock	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dimmitt 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Katy City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Union City 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Engenheiro Hermilo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Turkey	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Purcell 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tulia	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

636 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 309, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 83.

Records on 20 March 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	309
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	83

Records on 20 March 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 609.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

548 broken records

Margins by which the 548 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1985

Top 20 records on 20 March 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1985	Clarendon, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1985	Matagorda #2, US	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1985	Miami, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1985	Hartley 4 ESE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1985	Grootfontein, NA	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1985	Hollis 5E, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1985	Stratford, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1985	Clovis, US	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1985	El Reno 1 N, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1985	Ico, BR	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1985	Boqueirao Do Patu, BR	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1985	Dumas, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1985	Silverton, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1985	Hereford, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1985	Wharton, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1985	Palacios Muni AP, US	monthly rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1985	Cristais, BR	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1985	Walden, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1985	Cheyenne 1 WSW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1985	Marlow 1 WSW, US	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	49 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1985. 1985 had 636 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1985-03-20: 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 50	504
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	15
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2