Weather Records on 19 March 1953

215 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1953. Highest significance: Kentfield, US.

Key Facts for 19 March 1953

On 19 March 1953, 215 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 212 daily.
Kentfield set a daily record precipitation of 114.0 mm (4.5 in) on 19 March 1953.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

215 stations

215 station records on 19 March 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kentfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Las Plumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Metaline Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zwartrandjes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saibai Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cooranbong (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Golaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ochoco Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ruel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ochoco Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dhakuakhana	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bronkhorstspruit (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bamboo Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

215 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 98, Heaviest daily snowfall 18.

Records on 19 March 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 March 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 212.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

167 broken records

Margins by which the 167 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1953

Top 20 records on 19 March 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1953	Kentfield, US	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1953	Rock Creek, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1953	Upper Lake 2 N, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1953	Saint Helena, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1953	Las Plumas, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1953	Redding Fire STN 2, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1953	Rock Creek, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1953	Metaline Falls, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1953	Cloverdale, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1953	Zwartrandjes, ZA	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1953	Santa Cruz, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	59 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1953	Chester, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1953	Newport, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1953	Canyon Dam, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1953	Saibai Island, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1953	Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd), AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1953	Cooranbong (Avondale), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1953	Golaghat, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1953	Grass Valley, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1953	Ukiah, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	46 years	26 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1953. 1953 had 215 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 1953-03-19: 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 20	148
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2