Weather Records on 19 March 1959

325 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1959. Highest significance: Cleveland Bowls Club, AU.

Key Facts for 19 March 1959

On 19 March 1959, 325 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 321 daily.
Cleveland Bowls Club set a daily record precipitation of 178.6 mm (7.0 in) on 19 March 1959.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

325 stations

325 station records on 19 March 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Punta Gorda	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gladysvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Theodore Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Many Peaks Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hamiota	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bonnie Brae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pialba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-9.6 C (14.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Palma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Myra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Windermere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cacapava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Caucaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kooline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cajazeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Red Oak	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	39.6 C (103.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mooloolah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Narangba Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

325 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 144, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 19 March 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 19 March 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 321.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

268 broken records

Margins by which the 268 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1959

Top 20 records on 19 March 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1959	Cleveland Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1959	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1959	Portage Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1959	Glengallan, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1959	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1959	Rosedale Post Office, AU	daily rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1959	Burnett 3 S, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1959	Virden, CA	daily high max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15.0 C (27.0 F)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1959	Virden, CA	daily high min	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	17.2 C (31.0 F)	66 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1959	Bologna, IT	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	105 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1959	Punta Gorda, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1959	Camboon Station, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1959	Gladysvale, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	18 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1959	Charlevoix, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	33.1 cm (13.0 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1959	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1959	Millaquin Sugar, AU	daily rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1959	Theodore Dpi, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1959	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	56 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1959	Many Peaks Post Office, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1959	Hamiota, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	33 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1959. 1959 had 325 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 1959-03-19: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	248
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2