Weather Records on 19 March 1943

572 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1943. Highest significance: Anna 4 N, US.

Key Facts for 19 March 1943

On 19 March 1943, 572 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 187 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 547 daily.
Anna 4 N set a daily record precipitation of 98.8 mm (3.9 in) on 19 March 1943.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

572 stations

572 station records on 19 March 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McArthur	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Big St Germain Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ryan	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingburg AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haiku 490	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Serra Talhada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berea College	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peebles 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Elmwood Av	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

572 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 123, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 73, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 19 March 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	123
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	73
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 19 March 1943 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 19, daily 547.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

464 broken records

Margins by which the 464 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 490.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1943

Top 20 records on 19 March 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1943	Anna 4 N, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1943	Scottsburg, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1943	Columbus, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1943	Dayton Mcd, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1943	Evansville Ft Court STN, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1943	Shelbyville 1 E, US	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1943	Columbus Ohio St UNIV, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1943	Nicosia, CY	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1943	Salem, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1943	Jackson, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1943	Keosauqua, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1943	Waverly, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1943	Covington 3 SW, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1943	Jeffersonville, US	all-time rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1943	Mt Vernon, US	all-time rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1943	Rhinelander, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1943	Cape Girardeau, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1943	McArthur, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1943	Greensburg, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1943	Paoli, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	46 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

1808 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1943. 1943 had 572 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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Data for records on 1943-03-19: 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 100	440
100 to 200	19
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1