Weather Records on 26 March 2020

812 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 2020. Highest significance: Morgan, US.

Key Facts for 26 March 2020

On 26 March 2020, 812 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
450 were record highs and 204 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 771 daily.
Morgan set a daily record snowfall of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 26 March 2020.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

812 stations

812 station records on 26 March 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Morgan	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Mahabaleshwar	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ruth	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Agricultural Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Meldrum (Coolawarrah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Reus/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brohovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maroota ( Roberts Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (the Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Putty Tea Rooms	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hefei	China	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nezperce	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huoshan	China	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont Rsch Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Callao	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guyra (Lyndhurst)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McNary 2N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tulsa Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Parraweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Keepit Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Avalon Beach (Avalon (Palmgrov	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zhijiang	China	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beira	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lukojanov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Roads 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Elk City 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Xai Xai	Mozambique	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

812 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 268, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 182, Lowest daily minimum 131, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 26 March 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	268
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	182
Lowest daily minimum	131
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 26 March 2020 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 41, daily 771.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

655 broken records

Margins by which the 655 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 March 2020

Top 20 records on 26 March 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 2020	Morgan, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	113 years	74 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2020	Mahabaleshwar, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	97 years	69 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2020	Mendooran Post Office, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	114 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2020	Ruth, US	daily snowfall	25.1 cm (9.9 in)	14.9 cm (5.9 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2020	Bathurst Agricultural Station, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2020	Meldrum (Coolawarrah), AU	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2020	Lithgow (Cooerwull), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	129 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2020	Reus/Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2020	McAlester Rgnl AP, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	110 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2020	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	daily high max	5.5 C (41.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2020	Black Rock, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2020	Warialda Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	123 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2020	Brohovo, RU	monthly high max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	81 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2020	Maroota ( Roberts Road), AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2020	Harrison, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	113 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2020	Arco, US	daily low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	103 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2020	Ebor (the Racecourse), AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2020	Putty Tea Rooms, AU	monthly rain	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2020	Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang), AU	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2020	Gravette, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	110 years	43 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2020. 2020 had 812 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 2026-10-17 (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	643
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1