Weather Records on 19 March 1946

269 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1946. Highest significance: Bagdad, AU.

Key Facts for 19 March 1946

On 19 March 1946, 269 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
115 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 265 daily.
Bagdad set a daily record precipitation of 74.9 mm (2.9 in) on 19 March 1946.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

269 stations

269 station records on 19 March 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Netherton (the Glen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Independencia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dwarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Konni	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Donald (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elandshoek, Boston	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vacaville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Turbine	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	575.0 cm (226.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Basudevpur (Eram)	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tonti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sand Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lahontan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elsenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
McGregor (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alturas	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Long Beach Pub Svc	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valyermo Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heggaddevankote	India	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kumsi	India	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Selsor Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prickley Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wawaitin	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kollegal	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nilambur	India	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

269 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 57, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 104, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 19 March 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	57
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 19 March 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 265.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

222 broken records

Margins by which the 222 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1946

Top 20 records on 19 March 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1946	Bagdad, AU	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1946	Netherton (the Glen), AU	all-time rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1946	Bend, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1946	Mina, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1946	Independencia, BR	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1946	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	75 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1946	Concordia (Bos), ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1946	Dwarsfontein, ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1946	Solomons, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1946	Galway, IE	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	59 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1946	Konni, IN	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1946	Fort Donald (Bos), ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1946	Florence, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1946	Salem, IN	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	35 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1946	Elandshoek, Boston, ZA	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1946	Palmaryville, ZA	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1946	Lakefield, CA	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	51 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1946	Vacaville, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1946	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1946	Coldwater, CA	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	47 years	25 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 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1946. 1946 had 269 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 200	221
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1