Weather Records on 19 March 1936

356 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1936. Highest significance: Centre Hall, US.

Key Facts for 19 March 1936

On 19 March 1936, 356 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
111 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 339 daily.
Centre Hall set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 19 March 1936.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

356 stations

356 station records on 19 March 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Centre Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppathur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grove Farm 1021	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
North Bridgton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Srirangpatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yantara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Narromine (Alagala Old)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pawtucket	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Furracabad (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	271.0 cm (106.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Bootra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bolagamy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Innes Gasworks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue 1020	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wandsworth (Strabanne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boylston	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
E Lawai 934	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dundullimal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Koyah	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Culvers Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

356 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 19 March 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 19 March 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 339.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

318 broken records

Margins by which the 318 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 910.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1936

Top 20 records on 19 March 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1936	Centre Hall, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1936	Princeton, US	monthly rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1936	Tiruppathur, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1936	Grove Farm 1021, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1936	Kahuku 912, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1936	North Bridgton, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1936	Srirangpatnam, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1936	St John's, CA	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	58 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1936	Koloa 936, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1936	Yantara, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1936	Narromine (Alagala Old), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1936	Yetman (Warialda Street), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1936	Lihue 1020, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1936	Quebec, CA	monthly high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	38 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1936	Sydney, CA	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	61 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1936	Pawtucket, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1936	Furracabad (Avondale), AU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1936	Yarmouth, CA	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1936	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	25.2 C (77.4 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	61 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1936	Geilo, NO	daily snow depth	271.0 cm (106.7 in)	91.0 cm (35.8 in)	23 years	30 of 100 (Routine)

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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1936. 1936 had 356 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 200	315
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1