Weather Records on 14 March 1939

267 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 1939. Highest significance: Quabathoo, AU.

Key Facts for 14 March 1939

On 14 March 1939, 267 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 262 daily.
Quabathoo set a daily record precipitation of 76.7 mm (3.0 in) on 14 March 1939.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

267 stations

267 station records on 14 March 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quabathoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkenba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Wingadee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hungerford Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morningside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Byrock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Asthawan	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caiwarro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nawadah	India	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bihar	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khairee	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

267 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 14 March 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 14 March 1939 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 262.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

233 broken records

Margins by which the 233 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 186.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 1939

Top 20 records on 14 March 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 1939	Quabathoo, AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1939	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1939	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	18.6 cm (7.3 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1939	Charlotte Plains, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1939	Pinkenba, AU	daily rain	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	164.6 mm (6.5 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1939	Landsborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1939	Seal Rocks Camping Reserve, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1939	Wyong (Wyong Golf Club), AU	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1939	Port Arthur, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1939	Pokegama Dam, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1939	Fergus Falls, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1939	Moorhead St Teachers C, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1939	Jamestown State Hosp, US	monthly snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1939	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1939	Changenachery, IN	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1939	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	monthly snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1939	White River, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1939	Manati 2 E, PR	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1939	Isidinge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 March 1939	Gladstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	28 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

1810 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1939. 1939 had 267 records.

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

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

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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 25	198
25 to 50	18
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1