Weather Records on 10 March 1959

256 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 March 1959. Highest significance: Portage Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 10 March 1959

On 10 March 1959, 256 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 252 daily.
Portage Wwtp set a daily record snow depth of 61.0 cm (24.0 in) on 10 March 1959.
Across 160 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

256 stations

256 station records on 10 March 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 March 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baddeck	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rooikop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ludlow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Forquilha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kirklington	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arachu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mallow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Illawarra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Yukon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mahone Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli Sidi El Mesri	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Misantla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rooiberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mosdene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tripoli City	Libya	Record high minimum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kostroma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

256 records

Records set or tied on 10 March 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 89, Heaviest daily snowfall 46, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 10 March 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	89
Heaviest daily snowfall	46
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 10 March 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 252.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

216 broken records

Margins by which the 216 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 March 1959

Top 20 records on 10 March 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 March 1959	Portage Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1959	Burnett 3 S, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1959	Red Range (Victoria St), AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1959	Koroit, AU	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1959	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1959	Penshurst (Post Office), AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1959	Virden, CA	daily high max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	67 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1959	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1959	Durham, CA	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	73 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1959	Clinton 1SSW, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1959	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	68 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1959	Virden, CA	daily high min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	8.4 C (15.1 F)	67 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1959	Baddeck, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1959	Lincoln, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1959	Rooikop, ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1959	Ludlow, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1959	Lincoln, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1959	Acude Forquilha, BR	daily rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1959	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	52 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 March 1959	Gladwin, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 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

1807 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1959. 1959 had 256 records.

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

Records on 03-10 in each year
Year	Records
1807	1
1809	1
1810	3
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1858	2
1860	4
1862	1
1866	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1877	2
1878	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1888	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	4
1894	10
1895	1
1896	2
1897	7
1898	1
1901	12
1902	4
1903	6
1904	13
1905	4
1906	26
1907	14
1908	14
1909	16
1910	14
1911	21
1912	53
1913	78
1914	29
1915	29
1916	33
1917	36
1918	73
1919	28
1920	22
1921	65
1922	58
1923	87
1924	236
1925	265
1926	122
1927	93
1928	107
1929	407
1930	96
1931	374
1932	1,857
1933	267
1934	479
1935	338
1936	406
1937	218
1938	142
1939	497
1940	367
1941	260
1942	233
1943	490
1944	646
1945	250
1946	274
1947	316
1948	1,943
1949	511
1950	500
1951	753
1952	478
1953	355
1954	573
1955	1,308
1956	633
1957	607
1958	490
1959	256
1960	834
1961	351
1962	765
1963	470
1964	934
1965	306
1966	588
1967	850
1968	557
1969	874
1970	341
1971	533
1972	1,382
1973	1,143
1974	1,376
1975	868
1976	488
1977	1,300
1978	877
1979	538
1980	491
1981	1,178
1982	858
1983	1,014
1984	1,397
1985	758
1986	1,041
1987	595
1988	830
1989	1,846
1990	1,333
1991	406
1992	1,063
1993	753
1994	1,496
1995	1,241
1996	1,978
1997	1,360
1998	1,957
1999	759
2000	1,609
2001	882
2002	850
2003	1,137
2004	942
2005	963
2006	1,625
2007	457
2008	792
2009	1,407
2010	1,287
2011	934
2012	785
2013	937
2014	988
2015	825
2016	1,781
2017	562
2018	410
2019	1,208
2020	753
2021	1,131
2022	1,486
2023	1,139
2024	489
2025	737
2026	1,485

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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	196
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2