Weather Records on 19 March 1963

676 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1963. Highest significance: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU.

Key Facts for 19 March 1963

On 19 March 1963, 676 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 644 daily.
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij set a monthly record daily precipitation of 79.5 mm (3.1 in) on 19 March 1963.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

676 stations

676 station records on 19 March 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Broke (Harrowby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston (Hunters Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elkins- Randolph Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Parkersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Muscle Creek (Clendinning)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paterson Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stewarts Brook Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toogoolawah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amery	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton (Dalwood Vineyard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Onder-Geluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amery	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley Island (Lyndhurst)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belltrees Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Horner	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rouchel Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
De Kalk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Perdeberg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pacatuba (Pacatiba)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Japaratuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

676 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 296, Heaviest daily snowfall 68, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 19 March 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	296
Heaviest daily snowfall	68
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 19 March 1963 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 30, daily 644.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

570 broken records

Margins by which the 570 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

19 March 1963

Top 20 records on 19 March 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1963	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	monthly rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1963	Gloucester Post Office, AU	daily rain	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1963	Morpeth Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1963	Clarence Town (Grey St), AU	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1963	Broke (Harrowby), AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1963	Pella 1S, US	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1963	White Lake, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1963	Amiandos, CY	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1963	Ellerston (Hunters Vale), AU	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1963	Vevay, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1963	Elkins- Randolph Co AP, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1963	Parkersburg, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1963	Muscle Creek (Clendinning), AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1963	Paterson Post Office, AU	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1963	Beloit, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1963	Milbank 4 NW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	58 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1963	Stewarts Brook Composite, AU	monthly rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1963	Fairmont, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1963	Gresford Post Office, AU	monthly rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1963	Stroud Post Office, AU	daily rain	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)

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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1963. 1963 had 676 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 1963-03-19: 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	517
50 to 100	33
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	3