Weather Records on 26 March 1977

626 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 1977. Highest significance: Rosedale (Turretfield Research, AU.

Key Facts for 26 March 1977

On 26 March 1977, 626 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 611 daily.
Rosedale (Turretfield Research set a daily record precipitation of 27.6 mm (1.1 in) on 26 March 1977.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

626 stations

626 station records on 26 March 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rosedale (Turretfield Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Keyneton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ashbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Taber	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Idyllwild Fire Dept	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cudlee Creek (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Point Pass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stockport (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Westbury (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Taber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Runnymede (Whitemarsh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Compass	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Strathalbyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Esplanada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sagaredzo	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nalcik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quoiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roscoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mozdok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cologne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tehachapi	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Glenside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Searchlight	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mescalero	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Thangoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Hermanos	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poncitlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

626 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 84, Highest daily minimum 162, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 292, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 26 March 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	84
Highest daily minimum	162
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	292
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 26 March 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 611.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

537 broken records

Margins by which the 537 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 March 1977

Top 20 records on 26 March 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 1977	Rosedale (Turretfield Research, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 March 1977	Mulyie, AU	daily rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	144.4 mm (5.7 in)	50 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 March 1977	Keyneton, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1977	Robe Comparison, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1977	Ashbourne, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1977	Taber, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1977	Idyllwild Fire Dept, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1977	Muccan, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1977	Cudlee Creek (Millbrook), AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1977	Point Pass, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1977	McAlester Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1977	Stockport (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1977	Putnam, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1977	Westbury (Valley View), AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1977	Taber, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1977	Bologna, IT	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	161 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1977	Runnymede (Whitemarsh), AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1977	Mount Compass, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1977	Strathalbyn, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 1977	Uraidla, AU	monthly rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	67 years	40 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1977. 1977 had 626 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 1977-03-26: 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 2026-10-17 (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	533
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1