Weather Records on 19 March 1947

420 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1947. Highest significance: Mundo Novo, BR.

Key Facts for 19 March 1947

On 19 March 1947, 420 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 413 daily.
Mundo Novo set a daily record precipitation of 70.0 mm (2.8 in) on 19 March 1947.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

420 stations

420 station records on 19 March 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kurseong	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Flying Fish Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	257.8 mm (10.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.5 mm (8.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perseoni	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nainital	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goomeri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jequie	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rock House	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad 2 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Highlands	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lumberton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Austin Montopolis Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Newry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	233.2 mm (9.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tryon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

420 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 69, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 202, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 19 March 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	69
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	202
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 19 March 1947 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 413.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

364 broken records

Margins by which the 364 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 320.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1947

Top 20 records on 19 March 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1947	Mundo Novo, BR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1947	Boonara, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1947	Kurseong, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1947	Jacobina, BR	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1947	Saint Leo, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1947	Husum, DE	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1947	Plant City, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1947	Llano, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1947	Arcadia, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1947	Concordia ASOS, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	51 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1947	Seward AP, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1947	Flying Fish Point, AU	daily rain	257.8 mm (10.1 in)	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1947	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	220.5 mm (8.7 in)	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1947	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1947	Gin Gin Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1947	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1947	Perseoni, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1947	Nainital, IN	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1947	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1947	St Petersburg, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	31 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1947. 1947 had 420 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	346
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1