Weather Records on 19 March 1968

628 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1968. Highest significance: Bowdle, US.

Key Facts for 19 March 1968

On 19 March 1968, 628 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
210 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 610 daily.
Bowdle set a daily record precipitation of 66.5 mm (2.6 in) on 19 March 1968.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

628 stations

628 station records on 19 March 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bowdle	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Wishek	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Onaka	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Onaka	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Irikkur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chaukuri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hughes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Selfridge 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dasuya	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nowata	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maryvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kabale	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Itaporanga Dajuda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dupree	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gary	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ralston	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burpengary Ulmann Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sirsa	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Garhshankar	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gonvick 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vinita 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisonville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mutual	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Knapp 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bijni	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

628 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 23, Highest daily minimum 130, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 315, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 19 March 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	23
Highest daily minimum	130
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	315
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 19 March 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 610.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

530 broken records

Margins by which the 530 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 390.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1968

Top 20 records on 19 March 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1968	Bowdle, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1968	Wishek, US	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1968	Onaka, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1968	Eureka, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1968	Bartlesville Muni AP, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1968	Perkins, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1968	Onaka, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1968	Haina 214, US	daily rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1968	Irikkur, IN	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	66 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1968	Vik I Sogn III, NO	daily snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1968	Cascade 5 S, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1968	Chaukuri, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1968	Hinckley, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1968	Hughes, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1968	Pentland Post Office, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	2 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1968	Mansfield, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1968	Valley City 3 NNW, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1968	Newburyport, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1968	Ada, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1968	Wadena 3 S, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	45 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1968. 1968 had 628 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 50	501
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1