Weather Records on 7 March 1939

255 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 March 1939. Highest significance: Kiama Bowling Club, AU.

Key Facts for 7 March 1939

On 7 March 1939, 255 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 62 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 247 daily.
Kiama Bowling Club set a daily record precipitation of 134.9 mm (5.3 in) on 7 March 1939.
Across 171 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

255 stations

255 station records on 7 March 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 March 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kiama Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Wokabity)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tottenham (Woodlands 1)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach (Bellevue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record snow depth	139.7 cm (55.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burrawang (Range Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Unanderra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cundletown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lilli Pilli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pitt Town Lab.Farm (Scheyville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gerringong (Mayflower Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Canbelego the Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Muscle Creek (Clendinning)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Miandetta (Tyrone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Samnanger	Norway	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bulahdelah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-37.3 C (-35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wilcannia (Culpaulin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

255 records

Records set or tied on 7 March 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 136, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 7 March 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	136
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 7 March 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 247.

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 1270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 March 1939

Top 20 records on 7 March 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 March 1939	Kiama Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1939	Ivanhoe (Wokabity), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1939	Ivanhoe Post Office, AU	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1939	Minot Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1939	Tottenham (Woodlands 1), AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1939	Comboyne Post Office, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1939	Webster City, US	daily snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1939	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1939	Krambach (Bellevue), AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1939	Corning, US	daily snow depth	139.7 cm (55.0 in)	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1939	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	monthly rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	72 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1939	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1939	Seal Rocks Camping Reserve, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1939	Audley National Park Bottom St, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1939	Burrawang (Range Street), AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1939	Darkes Forest (Kintyre), AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1939	Wilkie, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1939	Dapto West (Stane Dykes), AU	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1939	Unanderra, AU	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1939	Jamberoo (Lorna), AU	daily rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	37 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

1796 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1939. 1939 had 255 records.

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

Records on 03-07 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	1
1808	1
1813	1
1818	1
1822	1
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1840	1
1845	2
1849	2
1850	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	3
1865	1
1868	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	5
1895	4
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	5
1900	2
1901	6
1902	2
1903	4
1904	16
1905	5
1906	27
1907	7
1908	13
1909	57
1910	95
1911	26
1912	16
1913	101
1914	20
1915	22
1916	82
1917	54
1918	28
1919	39
1920	273
1921	86
1922	77
1923	91
1924	86
1925	273
1926	175
1927	155
1928	69
1929	103
1930	161
1931	384
1932	737
1933	152
1934	302
1935	274
1936	122
1937	258
1938	72
1939	255
1940	273
1941	333
1942	398
1943	1,024
1944	508
1945	318
1946	643
1947	448
1948	335
1949	452
1950	558
1951	1,098
1952	277
1953	351
1954	330
1955	462
1956	1,169
1957	428
1958	947
1959	238
1960	1,388
1961	614
1962	608
1963	363
1964	837
1965	300
1966	367
1967	998
1968	1,085
1969	650
1970	690
1971	664
1972	949
1973	1,258
1974	1,771
1975	560
1976	355
1977	674
1978	959
1979	837
1980	356
1981	883
1982	727
1983	1,646
1984	669
1985	549
1986	918
1987	2,048
1988	796
1989	2,215
1990	1,399
1991	859
1992	1,063
1993	563
1994	700
1995	2,011
1996	1,912
1997	716
1998	1,535
1999	960
2000	1,880
2001	766
2002	1,201
2003	886
2004	827
2005	1,043
2006	833
2007	1,031
2008	1,204
2009	1,015
2010	1,103
2011	808
2012	743
2013	655
2014	788
2015	1,090
2016	961
2017	773
2018	377
2019	1,245
2020	639
2021	270
2022	1,388
2023	1,130
2024	414
2025	1,046
2026	1,456

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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	214
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1