Weather Records on 20 March 2014

800 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 2014. Highest significance: Vik I Sogn III, NO.

Key Facts for 20 March 2014

On 20 March 2014, 800 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
558 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 787 daily.
Vik I Sogn III set a daily record precipitation of 50.5 mm (2.0 in) on 20 March 2014.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

800 stations

800 station records on 20 March 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Chongqing	China	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mummulgum (Bingeebeebra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oystese - Borge	Norway	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.1 C (68.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	135.3 mm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wallangra (Wallangra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kyzyl-Ozek	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tisul	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Biological STN	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norderney	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Onahama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tanegashima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gjengedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fishtail	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alfoten II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Bonn	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde-1	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Schleswig	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nouakchott	Mauritania	Record low minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eikemo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tura	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zhigalovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehall	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.7 C (69.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuxhaven	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

800 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 407, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 151, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 165, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 20 March 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	407
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	151
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	165
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 20 March 2014 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 787.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

744 broken records

Margins by which the 744 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 March 2014

Top 20 records on 20 March 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 2014	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	64 of 100 (Major)
20 March 2014	Chongqing, CN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2014	Elliston, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2014	Mummulgum (Bingeebeebra), AU	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	61 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2014	Emmaville Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	119 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2014	Oystese - Borge, NO	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2014	Titusville Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2014	De Bilt, NL	daily high max	21.2 C (70.2 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	97 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2014	Enisejsk, RU	daily high max	12.6 C (54.7 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2014	Regensburg, DE	daily high max	20.1 C (68.2 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	129 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2014	Kleve, DE	daily high max	22.3 C (72.1 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	97 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2014	Hovlandsdal, NO	daily rain	135.3 mm (5.3 in)	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2014	Montague 4 NW, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2014	Wallangra (Wallangra Station), AU	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2014	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high max	20.3 C (68.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	129 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2014	Kyzyl-Ozek, RU	daily high max	18.0 C (64.4 F)	7.9 C (14.2 F)	75 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2014	Jakutsk, RU	daily high min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2014	Tisul, RU	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	9.8 C (17.6 F)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2014	Gull Lake Biological STN, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2014	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	21.8 C (71.2 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	131 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

1808 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2014. 2014 had 800 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 50	728
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1