Weather Records on 19 March 1962

231 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1962. Highest significance: Hartington, US.

Key Facts for 19 March 1962

On 19 March 1962, 231 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
64 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 229 daily.
Hartington set a daily record snow depth of 66.0 cm (26.0 in) on 19 March 1962.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

231 stations

231 station records on 19 March 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hatta	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record snow depth	131.0 cm (51.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iguatu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Triunfo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bajag	India	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roldal	Norway	Record snow depth	174.0 cm (68.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Etne	Norway	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	54.0 cm (21.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record snow depth	134.0 cm (52.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-10.9 C (12.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Akron	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Suassurana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dharapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Verma	Norway	Record snow depth	115.0 cm (45.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Akhty	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Espanola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chikhalda Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kurundwad	India	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Niwar(Amehta)	India	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Derapur	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Amraoti	India	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jalgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shevgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Erandol	India	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lillooet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Akola	India	Record daily precipitation	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khamgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Daryapur	India	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parola	India	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

231 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 75, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 19 March 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	75
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 19 March 1962 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 229.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

189 broken records

Margins by which the 189 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1962

Top 20 records on 19 March 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1962	Hartington, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1962	Hatta, IN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1962	Suldalsvatn, NO	daily snow depth	131.0 cm (51.6 in)	49.0 cm (19.3 in)	41 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1962	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1962	Iguatu, BR	daily rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1962	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1962	Escada, BR	daily rain	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1962	Bulken, NO	daily snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1962	Triunfo, BR	daily rain	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1962	Elliot, ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1962	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low max	3.0 C (37.4 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	74 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1962	Bajag, IN	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1962	Tg Jiu, RO	daily low min	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	55 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1962	Szeged, HU	daily low min	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1962	Federal Pt, US	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1962	Roldal, NO	daily snow depth	174.0 cm (68.5 in)	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1962	Cherdyn', RU	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	68 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1962	Balfour (Pol), ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	64 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1962	Pocahontas, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
19 March 1962	Etne, NO	daily snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	15 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1962. 1962 had 231 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 100	173
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1