Weather Records on 19 March 1938

272 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1938. Highest significance: College STN 6 SW, US.

Key Facts for 19 March 1938

On 19 March 1938, 272 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
155 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 268 daily.
College STN 6 SW set a daily record precipitation of 77.0 mm (3.0 in) on 19 March 1938.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

272 stations

272 station records on 19 March 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kilcoy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Joseph	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kingaroy Prince Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Crosby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gowrie Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Geryville (El-Bayadh)	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Riverview	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tebessa	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Baramulla	India	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uri	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buhl	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

272 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 19 March 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 19 March 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 268.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

228 broken records

Margins by which the 228 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1938

Top 20 records on 19 March 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1938	College STN 6 SW, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1938	Eidsvold Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1938	Kilcoy Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1938	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1938	Woodview, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1938	Westbrook, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1938	Joseph, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1938	Kingaroy Prince Street, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1938	Mt Crosby, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1938	Hilo 86A, US	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1938	Pittsworth, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1938	Marburg - Warrego Highway, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1938	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1938	Taroom Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1938	Clifton Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1938	Crows Nest, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1938	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	5.4 C (41.7 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1938	Pushmataha, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1938	Utica, US	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1938	Gowrie Junction, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1938. 1938 had 272 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1938-03-19: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	202
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1