Weather Records on 20 March 1958

467 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1958. Highest significance: York 3 SSW Pump STN, US.

Key Facts for 20 March 1958

On 20 March 1958, 467 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
23 were record highs and 165 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 419 daily.
York 3 SSW Pump STN set an all-time record daily snowfall of 81.3 cm (32.0 in) on 20 March 1958.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

467 stations

467 station records on 20 March 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
E Stroudsburg	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
New Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Elkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Holtwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Doylestown	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Towson	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Conshohocken	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Keedysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Keedysville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

467 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 82, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 20 March 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	82
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 20 March 1958 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 40, daily 419.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

406 broken records

Margins by which the 406 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1958

Top 20 records on 20 March 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1958	York 3 SSW Pump STN, US	all-time snowfall	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	59 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
20 March 1958	Port Jervis, US	monthly snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 years	72 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1958	York 3 SSW Pump STN, US	monthly snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	56 years	72 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1958	Newark Ag Farm, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	71 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1958	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1958	E Stroudsburg, US	all-time snowfall	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	13 years	67 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1958	E Stroudsburg, US	monthly snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1958	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	67 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1958	Culbertson, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1958	Washington, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	84 years	66 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1958	New Park, US	monthly rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1958	Cambridge Water Trmt P, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1958	Trenton 2, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1958	Indian Mills 2 W, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1958	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1958	Elkton, US	monthly rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1958	Holtwood, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1958	Solomons, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1958	Trenton 2, US	daily snowfall	41.9 cm (16.5 in)	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	13 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1958	Ephrata, US	all-time snowfall	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	0 years	53 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1958. 1958 had 467 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	366
100 to 200	27
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	5
400 to 500	2