Weather Records on 20 March 2018

587 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 2018. Highest significance: Joplin, US.

Key Facts for 20 March 2018

On 20 March 2018, 587 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
134 were record highs and 293 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 581 daily.
Joplin set a daily record snow depth of 63.5 cm (25.0 in) on 20 March 2018.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

587 stations

587 station records on 20 March 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Liberec	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nenjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Menorca/Mao	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Saco 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mahnomen	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leveque	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Usher Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belltower	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brandenberg	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgeway 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Graz	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Havre AP ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rize	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Majuro Wbas AP	Marshall Islands	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Terry	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schmucke	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rutland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grosser Arber	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vitim	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Barguzin	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	20.9 C (69.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kutaisi	Georgia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Giessen/Wettenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harzgerode	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Hersfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.6 C (20.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chipley	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe Co Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mallersdorf/Niederbayern	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamar-Daban	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

587 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 171, Heaviest daily rainfall 98, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 48.

Records on 20 March 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	171
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	48

Records on 20 March 2018 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 581.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

513 broken records

Margins by which the 513 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 711.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 2018

Top 20 records on 20 March 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 2018	Joplin, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	65 years	67 of 100 (Major)
20 March 2018	Liberec, CZ	monthly rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 March 2018	Sonnette 7 SW, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2018	Belle Fourche, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	68 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2018	Nenjiang, CN	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2018	Imlay, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	96 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2018	Chambersburg 1 ESE, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2018	Menorca/Mao, ES	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2018	Saco 1 NNW, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2018	Mahnomen, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2018	Bowling Green 1 E, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2018	Maastricht, NL	daily low min	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	103 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2018	Sotchi, RU	daily high max	25.2 C (77.4 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	116 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2018	Lichtentanne, DE	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	147 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2018	Cape Leveque, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	95 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2018	Usher Twr, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2018	Belltower, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2018	Brandenberg, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2018	Chinook, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2018	Ridgeway 1 S, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	12 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

1808 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2018. 2018 had 587 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

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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 100	496
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1