Weather Records on 5 March 1919

226 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 March 1919. Highest significance: Kew, AU.

Key Facts for 5 March 1919

On 5 March 1919, 226 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 8 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 203 daily.
Kew set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 5 March 1919.
Across 164 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

226 stations

226 station records on 5 March 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 March 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Neerim (Drewsdene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ferntree Gully	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mitiamo 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pennyroyal Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Runnymede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Langi Chiram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Schanck Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bacchus Marsh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greensborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calivil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yallook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dingee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Myrniong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elaine (Larundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brighton Middle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

226 records

Records set or tied on 5 March 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 5 March 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 March 1919 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 20, daily 203.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

218 broken records

Margins by which the 218 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 88.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 March 1919

Top 20 records on 5 March 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 March 1919	Kew, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1919	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1919	Sunbury (Salesian College ), AU	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1919	Neerim (Drewsdene), AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1919	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1919	Melton, AU	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1919	Ferntree Gully, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1919	Mitiamo 1, AU	all-time rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1919	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1919	Pennyroyal Creek, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1919	Runnymede, AU	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1919	San Remo, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1919	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	5 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1919	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1919	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1919	Port Albert, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1919	Murrumbeena Leeds Grove, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1919	Langi Chiram, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1919	Yarram, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 March 1919	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	120 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

1794 to 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1919. 1919 had 226 records.

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

Records on 03-05 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1801	1
1810	1
1821	2
1845	3
1846	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	5
1861	1
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	4
1875	3
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1880	5
1882	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	4
1889	3
1890	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	6
1896	1
1897	2
1898	3
1899	5
1900	2
1901	11
1902	15
1903	16
1904	3
1905	6
1906	15
1907	17
1908	12
1909	19
1910	34
1911	14
1912	31
1913	47
1914	27
1915	32
1916	14
1917	79
1918	82
1919	226
1920	102
1921	184
1922	42
1923	65
1924	159
1925	198
1926	240
1927	182
1928	68
1929	247
1930	118
1931	268
1932	320
1933	352
1934	347
1935	503
1936	125
1937	417
1938	350
1939	628
1940	150
1941	245
1942	287
1943	692
1944	485
1945	743
1946	706
1947	428
1948	946
1949	378
1950	534
1951	644
1952	347
1953	184
1954	468
1955	1,402
1956	658
1957	479
1958	365
1959	749
1960	2,228
1961	834
1962	491
1963	630
1964	852
1965	715
1966	539
1967	343
1968	1,029
1969	338
1970	317
1971	888
1972	810
1973	378
1974	912
1975	429
1976	1,479
1977	812
1978	1,689
1979	889
1980	418
1981	665
1982	525
1983	2,283
1984	648
1985	637
1986	754
1987	1,928
1988	623
1989	1,673
1990	836
1991	1,246
1992	1,488
1993	813
1994	796
1995	1,489
1996	856
1997	1,026
1998	1,016
1999	644
2000	1,127
2001	755
2002	1,373
2003	1,061
2004	1,558
2005	1,129
2006	624
2007	728
2008	913
2009	1,159
2010	729
2011	696
2012	575
2013	694
2014	1,006
2015	1,551
2016	875
2017	847
2018	652
2019	1,809
2020	1,274
2021	373
2022	635
2023	717
2024	979
2025	1,071
2026	992

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	170
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1