Weather Records on 26 March 2002

1,092 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 2002. Highest significance: Makaweli 965, US.

Key Facts for 26 March 2002

On 26 March 2002, 1,092 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
344 were record highs and 205 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 1,046 daily.
Makaweli 965 set a daily record precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 26 March 2002.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

1,092 stations

1,092 station records on 26 March 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Koloko Rsvr 1137	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Melitopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Greene	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mahaulepu 941.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Smiths Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Seliatyn	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Eleele 927	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wahiawa 930	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
W Lawai 931	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Botieve	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brookport Dam 52	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brydeswood STN 985	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bardwell 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lock Haven Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rutland	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Volnovakha	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rough Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kluhorskij Pereval	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zelenchukskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bernie	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Evening Shade 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbertsville Ky Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Light	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Jose de Gracia	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boree Creek (Richmond St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alsvag I Versteralen II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,092 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 204, Lowest daily maximum 115, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 352, Heaviest daily snowfall 89, Deepest snow cover 102.

Records on 26 March 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	204
Lowest daily maximum	115
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	352
Heaviest daily snowfall	89
Deepest snow cover	102

Records on 26 March 2002 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 45, daily 1,046.

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 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 March 2002

Top 20 records on 26 March 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 2002	Makaweli 965, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	91 years	76 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2002	Calico Rock 2 WSW, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2002	Koloko Rsvr 1137, US	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2002	Melitopol, UA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2002	Greene, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2002	Mahaulepu 941.1, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	39 years	60 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2002	Huetamo, MX	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	71 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2002	Smiths Basin, US	monthly rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2002	Lugansk, UA	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2002	Hardy, US	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	104 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2002	Seliatyn, UA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2002	Olmsted L&D, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2002	Eleele 927, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2002	Wahiawa 930, US	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2002	W Lawai 931, US	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2002	Glens Falls AP, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2002	Botieve, UA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2002	Darlington Point (Tubbo), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	124 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2002	Brookport Dam 52, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2002	Champaign 3S, US	daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	88 years	54 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2002. 2002 had 1,092 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 2002-03-26: 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 20	686
20 to 40	87
40 to 60	40
60 to 80	24
80 to 100	7
100 to 120	6
120 to 140	4
140 to 160	3