Weather Records on 26 March 2011

691 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 2011. Highest significance: Colfax, US.

Key Facts for 26 March 2011

On 26 March 2011, 691 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
293 were record highs and 187 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 660 daily.
Colfax set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 26 March 2011.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

691 stations

691 station records on 26 March 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Colfax	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wishek	United States	Record snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cimljansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Si Thammarat	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Shasta	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Rs	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rollingstone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port of Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Faith	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Robert Lee 4WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtayutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albion 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Longvalley	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandakan	Malaysia	Record low maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Phuket Airport	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Interior 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meadowbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record snow depth	457.2 cm (180.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cann River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dunsmuir Trtmt Pl	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Billings 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berryville 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ouesso	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record low minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nampa Sugar Factory	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flint 7W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freedom	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Mill 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kunming	China	Record low maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zaragoza (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro Piedra Gorda -Ciuda	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Freedom	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

691 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 198, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 103, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 56.

Records on 26 March 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	198
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	103
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	56

Records on 26 March 2011 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 30, daily 660.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

517 broken records

Margins by which the 517 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 863.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 March 2011

Top 20 records on 26 March 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 2011	Colfax, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	104 years	76 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2011	Santa Cruz, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	100 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2011	Wishek, US	daily snow depth	109.2 cm (43.0 in)	86.3 cm (34.0 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2011	Cimljansk, RU	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2011	Kowanyama Airport, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	96 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2011	Nakhon Si Thammarat, TH	daily rain	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2011	Mt Shasta, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2011	1 ENE Fairfield, US	daily snowfall	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	114 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2011	Georgetown Rs, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2011	Turtle Lake, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2011	Green Bay, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2011	Rollingstone, AU	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	108.4 mm (4.3 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2011	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily low min	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	111 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2011	Kjusjur, RU	daily high min	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2011	Yosemite Park HQ, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2011	Port of Morgan, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2011	Faith, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2011	Hardy, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2011	Columbus, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2011	Robert Lee 4WSW, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	102 years	42 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2011. 2011 had 691 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 2026-10-16 (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 200	508
200 to 400	6
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	2
800 to 1000	1