Weather Records on 19 March 1954

254 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1954. Highest significance: Port Dover, CA.

Key Facts for 19 March 1954

On 19 March 1954, 254 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 252 daily.
Port Dover set a daily record precipitation of 52.3 mm (2.1 in) on 19 March 1954.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

254 stations

254 station records on 19 March 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tanana AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Thalipilly	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Holy Cross	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chintalapudi	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kloofend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Slurry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Changenachery	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Groenfontein "Montagu"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dinokana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ottapalam	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Settle	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lobatse	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manjeri	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvalla	India	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alwaye Pwd	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Khanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mhaswad	India	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barsi	India	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nevasa	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Niphad	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parner	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narsaraopet	India	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jalna	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sirur	India	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baramati	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ilkal	India	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bilgi	India	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baindur	India	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karkal	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Viralimalai	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coondapur	India	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Indapur	India	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

254 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 19 March 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 19 March 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 252.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

220 broken records

Margins by which the 220 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 115.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1954

Top 20 records on 19 March 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1954	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1954	Simcoe, CA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1954	Notinsila (Bos), ZA	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	5 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1954	Tanana AP, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1954	Thalipilly, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1954	Holy Cross, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1954	Chintalapudi, IN	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1954	Kloofend, ZA	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1954	Slurry, ZA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1954	Newell, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1954	Changenachery, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1954	Groenfontein "Montagu", ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1954	Dinokana, ZA	daily rain	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1954	Ottapalam, IN	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1954	Ottoshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1954	Kazalinsk, KZ	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	1 year	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1954	Settle, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1954	Fulton, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	59 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1954	Red Bluff Muni AP, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1954	Lobatse, BW	monthly rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	18 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1954. 1954 had 254 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	196
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2