Weather Records on 20 March 2004

1,701 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 2004. Highest significance: Laguna de Sanchez, MX.

Key Facts for 20 March 2004

On 20 March 2004, 1,701 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,281 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 161 monthly and 1,538 daily.
Laguna de Sanchez set a monthly record daily precipitation of 40.4 mm (1.6 in) on 20 March 2004.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

1,701 stations

1,701 station records on 20 March 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Laguna de Sanchez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cape Tribulation Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	371.4 mm (14.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.2 mm (8.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Apuka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Sidsjo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Flying Fish Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	250.0 mm (9.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	270.0 mm (10.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Daintree Tea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	282.0 mm (11.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Willeroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	278.0 mm (10.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
La Boca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ossora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hoglekardalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Indal_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St George	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nianfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Asnorrbodarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Searchlight	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	224.0 mm (8.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside - Lund 31S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Medio Monte	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Julatten	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tremonton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	183.0 mm (7.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,701 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 786, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 495, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 368, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 20 March 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	786
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	495
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	368
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 20 March 2004 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 161, daily 1,538.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,339 broken records

Margins by which the 1,339 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 225.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 2004

Top 20 records on 20 March 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 2004	Laguna de Sanchez, MX	monthly rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	67 of 100 (Major)
20 March 2004	Cape Tribulation Store, AU	daily rain	371.4 mm (14.6 in)	225.9 mm (8.9 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
20 March 2004	Weipa Eastern Ave, AU	daily rain	208.2 mm (8.2 in)	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
20 March 2004	Apuka, RU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 March 2004	Sidsjo, SE	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2004	Flying Fish Point, AU	daily rain	250.0 mm (9.8 in)	135.7 mm (5.3 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2004	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	270.0 mm (10.6 in)	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2004	Harnosand, SE	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2004	Daintree Tea, AU	daily rain	282.0 mm (11.1 in)	183.8 mm (7.2 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2004	Xochitlan Todos Santos, MX	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2004	Meeker, US	monthly high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2004	Pioche, US	monthly high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2004	Willeroo, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	71 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2004	Clover Valley, US	monthly high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2004	Barrow AP, US	daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2004	Ely AP, US	monthly high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2004	Deeral, AU	daily rain	278.0 mm (10.9 in)	157.9 mm (6.2 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2004	Wien, AT	daily high min	12.9 C (55.2 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	122 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2004	La Boca, MX	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2004	Ossora, RU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	48 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2004. 2004 had 1,701 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 2004-03-20: 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	1,318
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1