Weather Records on 10 March 1969

874 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 March 1969. Highest significance: Ravenshill, ZA.

Key Facts for 10 March 1969

On 10 March 1969, 874 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
28 were record highs and 507 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 847 daily.
Ravenshill set a monthly record daily precipitation of 197.3 mm (7.8 in) on 10 March 1969.
Across 160 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 515 records.

Record Map

874 stations

874 station records on 10 March 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 March 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ravenshill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	197.3 mm (7.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Condeuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Groblersplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	121.5 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Adaven	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Cuthero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vlakplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Juliana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vryheid	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eiland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dudleys	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Black Hills	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cacule	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bernalillo	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lambton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Legkraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maasbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record snow depth	129.5 cm (51.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Napoleon	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mankayane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Merensky (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lillydale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zomerkomst (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Una (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goedehoop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milford	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record snow depth	115.0 cm (45.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Letaba Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

874 records

Records set or tied on 10 March 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 315, Highest daily minimum 14, Lowest daily minimum 192, Heaviest daily rainfall 200, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 94.

Records on 10 March 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	315
Highest daily minimum	14
Lowest daily minimum	192
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	94

Records on 10 March 1969 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 23, daily 847.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

698 broken records

Margins by which the 698 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 635.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 March 1969

Top 20 records on 10 March 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 March 1969	Ravenshill, ZA	monthly rain	197.3 mm (7.8 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	65 of 100 (Major)
10 March 1969	Condeuba, BR	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1969	Groblersplaas, ZA	daily rain	121.5 mm (4.8 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1969	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1969	Driefontein, ZA	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1969	Adaven, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1969	Austin #2, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1969	Flagstaff AP, US	daily snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	35.4 cm (13.9 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1969	Wentworth (Cuthero), AU	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1969	Vlakplaats, ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1969	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1969	Kalkfontein, ZA	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1969	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1969	Walnut Grove, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1969	Juliana, ZA	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1969	Palmyra, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1969	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1969	Vryheid, ZA	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1969	Eiland, ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
10 March 1969	Ash Fork 6 N, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	66 years	43 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

1807 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1969. 1969 had 874 records.

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

Records on 03-10 in each year
Year	Records
1807	1
1809	1
1810	3
1834	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1858	2
1860	4
1862	1
1866	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	3
1877	2
1878	3
1880	3
1881	1
1882	4
1883	3
1884	1
1886	2
1888	2
1890	1
1891	3
1892	4
1894	10
1895	1
1896	2
1897	7
1898	1
1901	12
1902	4
1903	6
1904	13
1905	4
1906	26
1907	14
1908	14
1909	16
1910	14
1911	21
1912	53
1913	78
1914	29
1915	29
1916	33
1917	36
1918	73
1919	28
1920	22
1921	65
1922	58
1923	87
1924	236
1925	265
1926	122
1927	93
1928	107
1929	407
1930	96
1931	374
1932	1,857
1933	267
1934	479
1935	338
1936	406
1937	218
1938	142
1939	497
1940	367
1941	260
1942	233
1943	490
1944	646
1945	250
1946	274
1947	316
1948	1,943
1949	511
1950	500
1951	753
1952	478
1953	355
1954	573
1955	1,308
1956	633
1957	607
1958	490
1959	256
1960	834
1961	351
1962	765
1963	470
1964	934
1965	306
1966	588
1967	850
1968	557
1969	874
1970	341
1971	533
1972	1,382
1973	1,143
1974	1,376
1975	868
1976	488
1977	1,300
1978	877
1979	538
1980	491
1981	1,178
1982	858
1983	1,014
1984	1,397
1985	758
1986	1,041
1987	595
1988	830
1989	1,846
1990	1,333
1991	406
1992	1,063
1993	753
1994	1,496
1995	1,241
1996	1,978
1997	1,360
1998	1,957
1999	759
2000	1,609
2001	882
2002	850
2003	1,137
2004	942
2005	963
2006	1,625
2007	457
2008	792
2009	1,407
2010	1,287
2011	934
2012	785
2013	937
2014	988
2015	825
2016	1,781
2017	562
2018	410
2019	1,208
2020	753
2021	1,131
2022	1,486
2023	1,139
2024	489
2025	737
2026	1,485

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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	646
100 to 200	29
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	9
400 to 500	4
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	2