Weather Records on 7 March 2020

639 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 March 2020. Highest significance: Levendale, AU.

Key Facts for 7 March 2020

On 7 March 2020, 639 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
502 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 634 daily.
Levendale set a daily record precipitation of 44.4 mm (1.7 in) on 7 March 2020.
Across 171 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

639 stations

639 station records on 7 March 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 March 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Levendale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bareilly	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cressy Research Station (Main	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dingle Dell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Portal 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsdale (West Minstone Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hissar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Soyland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Minatare Dam (Usbr)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Kingsley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Helland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar City	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bakko I Hol	Norway	Record snow depth	195.0 cm (76.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flekkefjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vjazma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Friant Government Camp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camarillo AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Havre AP ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kumbrabow	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Amberley AMO	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Valley	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kaunas	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yekimtsevo (Kologriv)	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Joskar-Ola	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bues Canyon Utah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Onslow Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.1 C (109.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Husnes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zeja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minidoka Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lead	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kamas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Emblem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

639 records

Records set or tied on 7 March 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 216, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 286, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 7 March 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	216
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	286
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 7 March 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 634.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

525 broken records

Margins by which the 525 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 March 2020

Top 20 records on 7 March 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 March 2020	Levendale, AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	103 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 March 2020	Bareilly, IN	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	119 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 March 2020	Cressy Research Station (Main, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2020	Dingle Dell, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2020	Portal 4 SW, US	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2020	Crooked Rvr (Crooked River (Ha, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2020	Scottsdale (West Minstone Road, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2020	Gorakhpur, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2020	Hissar, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2020	Blackfoot Fire Dept, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	116 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2020	New England, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	109 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2020	Ft Lewis, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	102 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2020	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	109 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2020	Soyland I Gjesdal, NO	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	113 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2020	Scott City, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2020	Ekalaka, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2020	Bridgeport, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	121 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2020	Ft Meade, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2020	Ft Benton, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	114 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 2020	Wibaux 2 E, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	121 years	41 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

1796 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2020. 2020 had 639 records.

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

Records on 03-07 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	1
1808	1
1813	1
1818	1
1822	1
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1840	1
1845	2
1849	2
1850	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	3
1865	1
1868	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	5
1895	4
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	5
1900	2
1901	6
1902	2
1903	4
1904	16
1905	5
1906	27
1907	7
1908	13
1909	57
1910	95
1911	26
1912	16
1913	101
1914	20
1915	22
1916	82
1917	54
1918	28
1919	39
1920	273
1921	86
1922	77
1923	91
1924	86
1925	273
1926	175
1927	155
1928	69
1929	103
1930	161
1931	384
1932	737
1933	152
1934	302
1935	274
1936	122
1937	258
1938	72
1939	255
1940	273
1941	333
1942	398
1943	1,024
1944	508
1945	318
1946	643
1947	448
1948	335
1949	452
1950	558
1951	1,098
1952	277
1953	351
1954	330
1955	462
1956	1,169
1957	428
1958	947
1959	238
1960	1,388
1961	614
1962	608
1963	363
1964	837
1965	300
1966	367
1967	998
1968	1,085
1969	650
1970	690
1971	664
1972	949
1973	1,258
1974	1,771
1975	560
1976	355
1977	674
1978	959
1979	837
1980	356
1981	883
1982	727
1983	1,646
1984	669
1985	549
1986	918
1987	2,048
1988	796
1989	2,215
1990	1,399
1991	859
1992	1,063
1993	563
1994	700
1995	2,011
1996	1,912
1997	716
1998	1,535
1999	960
2000	1,880
2001	766
2002	1,201
2003	886
2004	827
2005	1,043
2006	833
2007	1,031
2008	1,204
2009	1,015
2010	1,103
2011	808
2012	743
2013	655
2014	788
2015	1,090
2016	961
2017	773
2018	377
2019	1,245
2020	639
2021	270
2022	1,388
2023	1,130
2024	414
2025	1,046
2026	1,456

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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	515
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1