Weather Records on 19 March 1933

381 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1933. Highest significance: Montgomery Wb City, US.

Key Facts for 19 March 1933

On 19 March 1933, 381 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
86 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 366 daily.
Montgomery Wb City set a daily record precipitation of 140.2 mm (5.5 in) on 19 March 1933.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

381 stations

381 station records on 19 March 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Markland Dam 39	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Duck Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
University	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bluffton Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hukeri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Hill 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscumbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

381 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 58, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 242, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 19 March 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	58
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	242
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 19 March 1933 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 13, daily 366.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

327 broken records

Margins by which the 327 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1933

Top 20 records on 19 March 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1933	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1933	Britt 3E, US	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1933	Osage, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1933	Viroqua, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1933	Mason City, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1933	Corning, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1933	Algona, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1933	Algona, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1933	Markland Dam 39, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1933	Onawa 3NW, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1933	Onawa 3NW, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1933	Booneville, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1933	York, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1933	Hillsboro, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1933	Frankfort Downtown, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1933	Storm Lake, US	all-time snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1933	Creston, US	monthly rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1933	Decorah, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1933	Beaver Dam, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1933	Batesville, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	36 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1933. 1933 had 381 records.

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

Records on 03-19 in each year
Year	Records
1808	1
1815	1
1825	1
1839	1
1840	1
1842	1
1845	3
1847	1
1850	1
1852	1
1853	3
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1880	1
1881	4
1882	4
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1887	1
1888	5
1889	1
1890	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	6
1897	6
1898	6
1899	11
1900	6
1901	3
1902	6
1903	23
1904	8
1905	8
1906	9
1907	16
1908	4
1909	8
1910	19
1911	69
1912	22
1913	31
1914	26
1915	37
1916	20
1917	54
1918	36
1919	35
1920	21
1921	66
1922	49
1923	360
1924	77
1925	123
1926	114
1927	340
1928	155
1929	46
1930	87
1931	268
1932	126
1933	381
1934	300
1935	155
1936	356
1937	302
1938	272
1939	574
1940	719
1941	516
1942	311
1943	572
1944	529
1945	711
1946	269
1947	420
1948	555
1949	461
1950	654
1951	722
1952	474
1953	215
1954	254
1955	467
1956	556
1957	379
1958	291
1959	325
1960	468
1961	360
1962	231
1963	676
1964	467
1965	1,749
1966	403
1967	1,038
1968	628
1969	525
1970	585
1971	531
1972	694
1973	558
1974	577
1975	973
1976	882
1977	684
1978	879
1979	898
1980	340
1981	667
1982	1,566
1983	1,483
1984	897
1985	771
1986	768
1987	669
1988	926
1989	782
1990	1,593
1991	1,071
1992	871
1993	1,318
1994	985
1995	766
1996	689
1997	1,921
1998	1,101
1999	985
2000	604
2001	931
2002	1,600
2003	1,136
2004	1,655
2005	715
2006	947
2007	967
2008	1,015
2009	602
2010	824
2011	919
2012	3,343
2013	793
2014	604
2015	610
2016	491
2017	1,313
2018	793
2019	516
2020	821
2021	452
2022	564
2023	993
2024	781
2025	949
2026	2,984

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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 50	302
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1