Weather Records on 11 March 1959

189 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 March 1959. Highest significance: Portage Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 11 March 1959

On 11 March 1959, 189 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 38 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 181 daily.
Portage Wwtp set a daily record snow depth of 61.0 cm (24.0 in) on 11 March 1959.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

189 stations

189 station records on 11 March 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 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)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	285.8 mm (11.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Thetford Mines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Philo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby Rock Chapel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.3 mm (8.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moores Hill	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.9 C (105.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Roodekuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cressy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kommissiepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Fernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	255.3 mm (10.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Emba	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Selwyn Wrc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narjan Mar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Piripiri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dancy 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record low maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Long Pocket	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Delungra (Pearsby Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

189 records

Records set or tied on 11 March 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 53, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 11 March 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	53
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 11 March 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 181.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

159 broken records

Margins by which the 159 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 March 1959

Top 20 records on 11 March 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 1959	Portage Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1959	Greenville Wtp, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1959	Jervis Bay (Point Perpendicula, AU	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1959	Burnett 3 S, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1959	Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1959	Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1959	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	285.8 mm (11.3 in)	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1959	Albany, AU	all-time high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1959	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily low min	1.2 C (34.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	83 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 1959	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1959	Thetford Mines, CA	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1959	Virden, CA	daily high min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	66 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1959	Huatusco de Chicuellar, MX	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	48 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1959	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1959	Waverly, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1959	Marshall, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1959	Sherthala, IN	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1959	Greenville Kgvl Radio, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1959	Hancock Exp Farm, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
11 March 1959	Virden, CA	daily high max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	66 years	30 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

1793 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 189 records.

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

Records on 03-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1810	3
1814	1
1822	1
1844	1
1845	2
1847	3
1849	1
1850	2
1854	3
1855	1
1858	3
1859	1
1860	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	8
1903	12
1904	7
1905	6
1906	38
1907	7
1908	10
1909	26
1910	19
1911	19
1912	19
1913	22
1914	25
1915	18
1916	29
1917	49
1918	58
1919	39
1920	15
1921	66
1922	42
1923	78
1924	265
1925	264
1926	134
1927	277
1928	119
1929	210
1930	105
1931	273
1932	1,123
1933	300
1934	764
1935	520
1936	356
1937	188
1938	120
1939	569
1940	417
1941	265
1942	225
1943	251
1944	304
1945	262
1946	461
1947	234
1948	2,148
1949	329
1950	671
1951	677
1952	804
1953	330
1954	489
1955	1,103
1956	964
1957	521
1958	441
1959	189
1960	1,115
1961	353
1962	674
1963	440
1964	296
1965	386
1966	539
1967	1,272
1968	519
1969	1,093
1970	389
1971	552
1972	1,320
1973	1,406
1974	956
1975	592
1976	375
1977	1,690
1978	579
1979	891
1980	472
1981	1,539
1982	807
1983	943
1984	743
1985	829
1986	747
1987	596
1988	1,176
1989	1,894
1990	2,496
1991	532
1992	1,083
1993	561
1994	689
1995	1,138
1996	1,339
1997	1,152
1998	2,609
1999	533
2000	1,199
2001	802
2002	736
2003	935
2004	826
2005	988
2006	1,590
2007	830
2008	816
2009	1,195
2010	966
2011	734
2012	868
2013	949
2014	556
2015	897
2016	1,249
2017	483
2018	479
2019	767
2020	605
2021	980
2022	1,203
2023	984
2024	424
2025	699
2026	1,580

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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	142
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1