Weather Records on 20 March 2001

1,048 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 2001. Highest significance: Mount Gambier Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 20 March 2001

On 20 March 2001, 1,048 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
462 were record highs and 217 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 1,023 daily.
Mount Gambier Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 55.1 mm (2.2 in) on 20 March 2001.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

1,048 stations

1,048 station records on 20 March 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bingera Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Boona-Choppa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.4 mm (5.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Annanvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blasillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vigo Peinador	Spain	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aurich	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Montcornet	France	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weddingstedt	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Erfde	Germany	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pompano Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rockybar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shaoguan	China	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Upington Agr.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cordalba Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.4 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bangkok Metropolis	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rowanlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pope AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lurnea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Lucas Arroyo Paloma	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Booyal Central State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baralaba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
"Kageon" Dawes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mannersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Offenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bognor Regis	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Garden Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cania Gorge Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flensburg (Schaferhaus)	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Braganca	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,048 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 208, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 254, Lowest daily minimum 129, Heaviest daily rainfall 309, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 47.

Records on 20 March 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	208
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	254
Lowest daily minimum	129
Heaviest daily rainfall	309
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	47

Records on 20 March 2001 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 1,023.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

856 broken records

Margins by which the 856 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 480.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 2001

Top 20 records on 20 March 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 2001	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 March 2001	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	100 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 March 2001	Red Lake Indian Agcy, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 March 2001	Bingera Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	97.9 mm (3.9 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 March 2001	Eastbourne, GB	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2001	Boona-Choppa, AU	daily rain	144.4 mm (5.7 in)	114.9 mm (4.5 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2001	Wilmington Intl AP, US	daily rain	101.3 mm (4.0 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2001	Abbeville, FR	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2001	Annanvale, AU	daily rain	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2001	Blasillo, MX	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2001	Vigo Peinador, ES	daily rain	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2001	Hendersonville 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	101 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2001	Aurich, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2001	Montcornet, FR	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2001	Weddingstedt, DE	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2001	Tryon, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2001	Scottsboro, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	105 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2001	Gustavus, US	daily low max	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2001	Erfde, DE	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2001	Valley Head, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	107 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

1808 to 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2001. 2001 had 1,048 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 2001-03-20: 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 100	842
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1