Weather Records on 27 March 2018

621 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 2018. Highest significance: Marshall, US.

Key Facts for 27 March 2018

On 27 March 2018, 621 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
274 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 576 daily.
Marshall set a daily record precipitation of 71.1 mm (2.8 in) on 27 March 2018.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

621 stations

621 station records on 27 March 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 March 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Green Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	222.2 mm (8.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Abingdon Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	405.0 mm (15.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mount Turner Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	241.0 mm (9.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Eveleigh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Moberly	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	360.0 mm (14.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Walkamin Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Creek Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mena Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	283.0 mm (11.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kunming	China	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lincang	China	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Biboohra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.2 mm (5.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spavinaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodson	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bellenden Ker Top STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	280.0 mm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saco 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.0 mm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Conjuboy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waskish 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nogliki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Licking 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Craigs Pocket Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mudanjiang	China	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sultan Syarif Kasim II	Indonesia	Record low maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kojnas	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.6 C (-30.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

621 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 156, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 29, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 27 March 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	156
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	29
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 27 March 2018 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 42, daily 576.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

543 broken records

Margins by which the 543 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 March 2018

Top 20 records on 27 March 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 2018	Marshall, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	119 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 March 2018	Green Hills, AU	all-time rain	222.2 mm (8.7 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	28 years	71 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2018	Gravette, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	96 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2018	Abingdon Downs Station, AU	all-time rain	405.0 mm (15.9 in)	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	2 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2018	Mount Turner Station, AU	all-time rain	241.0 mm (9.5 in)	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	0 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2018	Eveleigh Station, AU	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2018	Moberly, US	monthly rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2018	Weipa Eastern Ave, AU	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	104 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2018	Pokegama Dam, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2018	Tully Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	360.0 mm (14.2 in)	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	85 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2018	Chinook, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	81 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2018	Walkamin Research Station, AU	daily rain	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	94.1 mm (3.7 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2018	Vandalia, US	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	106 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2018	Joplin, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2018	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	124 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2018	Spring Creek Station, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	104 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2018	Tasiilaq, GL	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2018	Clarinda, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	121 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2018	Mena Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	283.0 mm (11.1 in)	216.6 mm (8.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2018	Kunming, CN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	24 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

1805 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2018. 2018 had 621 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1807	1
1808	2
1822	1
1830	1
1837	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	4
1865	1
1867	2
1870	2
1873	2
1877	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	5
1888	3
1890	7
1891	1
1892	4
1894	4
1895	2
1896	5
1897	7
1898	9
1899	1
1901	7
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	29
1906	27
1907	36
1908	19
1909	9
1910	28
1911	12
1912	32
1913	87
1914	45
1915	24
1916	40
1917	35
1918	50
1919	26
1920	34
1921	113
1922	40
1923	129
1924	244
1925	74
1926	196
1927	81
1928	287
1929	186
1930	227
1931	434
1932	480
1933	127
1934	328
1935	236
1936	246
1937	660
1938	306
1939	356
1940	491
1941	263
1942	478
1943	323
1944	859
1945	771
1946	762
1947	777
1948	442
1949	530
1950	513
1951	378
1952	285
1953	375
1954	265
1955	1,780
1956	585
1957	193
1958	306
1959	359
1960	630
1961	595
1962	469
1963	615
1964	495
1965	701
1966	522
1967	531
1968	559
1969	519
1970	402
1971	1,009
1972	542
1973	507
1974	485
1975	1,873
1976	540
1977	1,058
1978	907
1979	613
1980	416
1981	609
1982	883
1983	1,192
1984	714
1985	992
1986	1,131
1987	727
1988	809
1989	1,839
1990	1,080
1991	1,862
1992	884
1993	1,186
1994	1,122
1995	1,048
1996	1,220
1997	957
1998	1,479
1999	763
2000	618
2001	1,350
2002	1,257
2003	706
2004	1,357
2005	931
2006	1,056
2007	1,752
2008	944
2009	1,001
2010	542
2011	973
2012	909
2013	1,382
2014	1,135
2015	1,070
2016	701
2017	463
2018	621
2019	512
2020	860
2021	433
2022	1,302
2023	1,426
2024	565
2025	1,338
2026	1,464

Download the Data

Data for records on 2018-03-27: 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	495
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2