Weather Records on 7 March 1959

238 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 March 1959. Highest significance: Milan, IT.

Key Facts for 7 March 1959

On 7 March 1959, 238 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 230 daily.
Milan set a daily record precipitation of 54.0 mm (2.1 in) on 7 March 1959.
Across 171 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

238 stations

238 station records on 7 March 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 March 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blikana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sub-Nigel (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenethorpe (Iandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mulungu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tweespruit	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Derrinallum (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sandbaken	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aurangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Forquilha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kojnas	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Silab	India	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Niab	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uliman (Brentwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

238 records

Records set or tied on 7 March 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 75, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 7 March 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	75
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 7 March 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 230.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

188 broken records

Margins by which the 188 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 March 1959

Top 20 records on 7 March 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 March 1959	Milan, IT	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1959	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high min	8.1 C (46.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1959	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high min	7.9 C (46.2 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1959	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high min	8.2 C (46.8 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	94 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1959	Hvar, HR	daily high min	14.2 C (57.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	76 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1959	Blikana, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1959	Cordova AP, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1959	Riva, IT	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	78 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 March 1959	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1959	Darlington Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1959	Sub-Nigel (Gm), ZA	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1959	Simcoe, CA	daily low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	73 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1959	Regensburg, DE	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	78 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1959	Higgins Lake, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1959	Middleboro, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1959	Greenethorpe (Iandra), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1959	Mulungu, BR	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1959	Gospic, HR	daily high max	18.8 C (65.8 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	52 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1959	Gospic, HR	daily high min	10.2 C (50.4 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
7 March 1959	Cumberland, ZA	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	29 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

1796 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1959. 1959 had 238 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-07 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1798	1
1801	1
1802	1
1807	1
1808	1
1813	1
1818	1
1822	1
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1840	1
1845	2
1849	2
1850	1
1858	2
1859	1
1862	1
1864	3
1865	1
1868	1
1871	2
1873	1
1875	3
1876	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	1
1891	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	5
1895	4
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	5
1900	2
1901	6
1902	2
1903	4
1904	16
1905	5
1906	27
1907	7
1908	13
1909	57
1910	95
1911	26
1912	16
1913	101
1914	20
1915	22
1916	82
1917	54
1918	28
1919	39
1920	273
1921	86
1922	77
1923	91
1924	86
1925	273
1926	175
1927	155
1928	69
1929	103
1930	161
1931	384
1932	737
1933	152
1934	302
1935	274
1936	122
1937	258
1938	72
1939	255
1940	273
1941	333
1942	398
1943	1,024
1944	508
1945	318
1946	643
1947	448
1948	335
1949	452
1950	558
1951	1,098
1952	277
1953	351
1954	330
1955	462
1956	1,169
1957	428
1958	947
1959	238
1960	1,388
1961	614
1962	608
1963	363
1964	837
1965	300
1966	367
1967	998
1968	1,085
1969	650
1970	690
1971	664
1972	949
1973	1,258
1974	1,771
1975	560
1976	355
1977	674
1978	959
1979	837
1980	356
1981	883
1982	727
1983	1,646
1984	669
1985	549
1986	918
1987	2,048
1988	796
1989	2,215
1990	1,399
1991	859
1992	1,063
1993	563
1994	700
1995	2,011
1996	1,912
1997	716
1998	1,535
1999	960
2000	1,880
2001	766
2002	1,201
2003	886
2004	827
2005	1,043
2006	833
2007	1,031
2008	1,204
2009	1,015
2010	1,103
2011	808
2012	743
2013	655
2014	788
2015	1,090
2016	961
2017	773
2018	377
2019	1,245
2020	639
2021	270
2022	1,388
2023	1,130
2024	414
2025	1,046
2026	1,456

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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 50	176
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	4