Weather Records on 26 March 2023

1,817 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 March 2023. Highest significance: Koorikin, AU.

Key Facts for 26 March 2023

On 26 March 2023, 1,817 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
294 were record highs and 1,069 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 1,757 daily.
Koorikin set a daily record precipitation of 52.0 mm (2.0 in) on 26 March 2023.
Across 155 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

1,817 stations

1,817 station records on 26 March 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 March 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Koorikin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Napoleon	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Appleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Virginia City	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Preston	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Osceola	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Maybell	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hillcroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Amery Acres	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marradong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chilly Barton Flat	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aomori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tahquamenon Falls Sp	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Squaw Butte-Northern Great Bas	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kamas	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Doctors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Baandee North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alta	United States	Record snow depth	457.2 cm (180.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 12 S	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jalna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pingelly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Varazdin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burracoppin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Doodenanning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Noongaar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gindalbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lee Vining	United States	Record snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alta 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	139.7 cm (55.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bullfinch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baggs	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dadeville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Horicon Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boodjerakine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,817 records

Records set or tied on 26 March 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 565, Highest daily minimum 174, Lowest daily minimum 504, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 73, Deepest snow cover 138.

Records on 26 March 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	565
Highest daily minimum	174
Lowest daily minimum	504
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	73
Deepest snow cover	138

Records on 26 March 2023 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 58, daily 1,757.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,567 broken records

Margins by which the 1,567 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 889.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 March 2023

Top 20 records on 26 March 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 March 2023	Koorikin, AU	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2023	Napoleon, US	daily snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2023	Appleton, US	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	92 years	67 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2023	Virginia City, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	50 years	64 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2023	Preston, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2023	Julesburg, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	108 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2023	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	85 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2023	Osceola, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	96 years	62 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2023	Maybell, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2023	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	78 years	61 of 100 (Major)
26 March 2023	Hillcroft, AU	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	89 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2023	Sugar City, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	105 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2023	Evanston 1 E, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2023	Amery Acres, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2023	Duchesne, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	98 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2023	Marradong, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2023	Pittsworth, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	129 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2023	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2023	Chilly Barton Flat, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
26 March 2023	Saint Paul, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	92 years	52 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2023. 2023 had 1,817 records.

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

Records on 03-26 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1837	1
1843	1
1850	1
1862	2
1865	1
1867	1
1871	1
1873	2
1877	3
1879	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	2
1889	1
1890	5
1892	5
1893	1
1894	3
1895	3
1896	6
1897	5
1898	1
1899	3
1901	12
1902	17
1903	18
1904	29
1905	23
1906	20
1907	21
1908	16
1909	21
1910	29
1911	13
1912	33
1913	123
1914	49
1915	16
1916	27
1917	54
1918	60
1919	45
1920	81
1921	79
1922	45
1923	129
1924	115
1925	123
1926	144
1927	75
1928	456
1929	281
1930	376
1931	234
1932	279
1933	102
1934	289
1935	311
1936	269
1937	806
1938	341
1939	310
1940	1,032
1941	366
1942	316
1943	341
1944	437
1945	852
1946	885
1947	619
1948	325
1949	585
1950	458
1951	777
1952	283
1953	482
1954	304
1955	1,914
1956	829
1957	251
1958	314
1959	435
1960	1,067
1961	486
1962	330
1963	497
1964	898
1965	1,063
1966	306
1967	538
1968	562
1969	593
1970	368
1971	1,502
1972	634
1973	522
1974	691
1975	859
1976	567
1977	626
1978	1,008
1979	677
1980	459
1981	824
1982	736
1983	1,199
1984	594
1985	860
1986	634
1987	741
1988	1,094
1989	1,031
1990	871
1991	1,705
1992	642
1993	966
1994	707
1995	1,374
1996	1,372
1997	1,298
1998	1,305
1999	867
2000	601
2001	1,383
2002	1,092
2003	746
2004	1,511
2005	776
2006	949
2007	1,976
2008	1,161
2009	754
2010	717
2011	691
2012	945
2013	1,759
2014	1,048
2015	846
2016	463
2017	430
2018	693
2019	364
2020	812
2021	778
2022	1,281
2023	1,817
2024	780
2025	1,860
2026	1,809

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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 200	1,534
200 to 400	25
400 to 600	4
600 to 800	3
800 to 1000	1