Weather Records on 19 March 1942

311 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1942. Highest significance: Gnarming, AU.

Key Facts for 19 March 1942

On 19 March 1942, 311 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 297 daily.
Gnarming set an all-time record daily precipitation of 104.6 mm (4.1 in) on 19 March 1942.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

311 stations

311 station records on 19 March 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gnarming	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tambarmering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Malyalling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wittenoom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Albans	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haenertsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cuballing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kukerin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miranda (Blackwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Margaret River 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orangajuli	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koorikin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mahalapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kulin Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roselea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-29.9 C (-21.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Braeside 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
The Granites	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sutherland Mwsdb	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tshakhuma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colunio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	84.0 cm (33.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.4 C (-6.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bunkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kenilworth Tu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dumbleyung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boreli	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.9 C (-3.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.1 C (-4.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Three Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aleppo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chinocup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wickepin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boyning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jennaberring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.2 C (-18.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.6 C (-15.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-28.0 C (-18.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wongan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Linton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

311 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1942 by type: Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 169, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 19 March 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 19 March 1942 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 8, daily 297.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

279 broken records

Margins by which the 279 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 340.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1942

Top 20 records on 19 March 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1942	Gnarming, AU	all-time rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	71 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1942	Rock Rapids, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1942	Meka Station, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1942	Tambarmering, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1942	Malyalling, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1942	Mount Wittenoom, AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1942	St Albans, AU	all-time rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1942	Haenertsburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1942	Cuballing, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1942	Orebro, SE	daily low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	8.0 C (14.4 F)	53 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1942	Kukerin, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1942	Miranda (Blackwood St), AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1942	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low min	-14.8 C (5.4 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1942	Hay Springs, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1942	Margaret River 1, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1942	Orangajuli, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1942	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1942	Koorikin, AU	all-time rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1942	Mahalapye, BW	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1942	Kulin Rock, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	33 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1942. 1942 had 311 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	260
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1