Weather Records on 20 March 1996

1,147 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 1996. Highest significance: Greensburg, US.

Key Facts for 20 March 1996

On 20 March 1996, 1,147 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
203 were record highs and 416 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 17 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 1,094 daily.
Greensburg set an all-time record daily snowfall of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 20 March 1996.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

1,147 stations

1,147 station records on 20 March 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	97 of 100 (Exceptional)
Rockville	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Elliston	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Boonville 1S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.1 cm (15.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Jasper	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sebree 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Burkesville 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Greenup 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 2S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Terre Haute Indiana State	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquito Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Marie (River)	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cheviot	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ebensburg Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Huron	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elkton	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,147 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 278, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 138, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 161, Deepest snow cover 140.

Records on 20 March 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	278
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	138
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	161
Deepest snow cover	140

Records on 20 March 1996 by timescale: all-time 17, monthly 36, daily 1,094.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

919 broken records

Margins by which the 919 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 1996

Top 20 records on 20 March 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 1996	Greensburg, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	92 years	97 of 100 (Exceptional)
20 March 1996	Rockville, US	all-time snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	69 years	88 of 100 (Exceptional)
20 March 1996	Mt Carmel, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	100 years	76 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1996	Elliston, US	all-time snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	31 years	76 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1996	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	100 years	75 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1996	Put-In-Bay, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	68 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1996	Albion, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	100 years	65 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1996	Boonville 1S, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	97 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1996	Greencastle 1 W, US	all-time snowfall	39.1 cm (15.4 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	22 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1996	Jasper, US	all-time snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	101 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1996	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1996	Henderson 8 SSW, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	64 years	61 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1996	Vilsandi, EE	daily snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1996	Columbus, US	monthly snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	100 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1996	Columbus, US	monthly snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	90 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 March 1996	Mt Vernon, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	82 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1996	Sebree 1 E, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1996	Schenley Lock 5, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	97 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1996	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	100 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 1996	Burkesville 2 W, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 years	57 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1996. 1996 had 1,147 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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Data for records on 1996-03-20: 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 50	784
50 to 100	70
100 to 150	36
150 to 200	17
200 to 250	10
250 to 300	2