Weather Records on 18 March 1969

601 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 1969. Highest significance: Spokane Intl AP, US.

Key Facts for 18 March 1969

On 18 March 1969, 601 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 595 daily.
Spokane Intl AP set a daily record snow depth of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 18 March 1969.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

601 stations

601 station records on 18 March 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 March 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bolagamy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Adaven	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Moorara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	132.2 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Willow Point)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tucano	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ulamambri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sento SE	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.2 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lumber City	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tilpa (Tongo Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool Motors	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rankins Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
West Wyalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fessenden	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barreiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Irvinebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Xique-Xique (Igatu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bellata (Aberfeldie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbadah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin Norwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stockdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Mudall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elamang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Catarina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria da Boa Vista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Roy	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burren Junction (Hastings Stre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coolah (Binnia St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

601 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 404, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 47.

Records on 18 March 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	404
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	47

Records on 18 March 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 595.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

532 broken records

Margins by which the 532 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 1969

Top 20 records on 18 March 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 1969	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	75 years	65 of 100 (Major)
18 March 1969	Bolagamy, AU	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
18 March 1969	Adaven, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1969	Nymagee (Kenmure Station), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1969	Gunnawarra, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1969	Ungarie Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1969	Pooncarie (Moorara), AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1969	Barra, BR	daily rain	132.2 mm (5.2 in)	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1969	Hay (Miller Street), AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1969	Bottineau, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1969	Wentworth (Willow Point), AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1969	Tucano, BR	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1969	Ulamambri Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1969	Sento SE, BR	daily rain	116.2 mm (4.6 in)	81.7 mm (3.2 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1969	Lumber City, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1969	Henderson, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1969	Wentworth (Woodlands), AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1969	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	25.7 C (78.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1969	Tilpa (Tongo Road), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1969	Petford, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	39 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

1806 to 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1969. 1969 had 601 records.

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

Records on 03-18 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	1
1814	1
1831	1
1836	1
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	5
1853	2
1859	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	3
1876	1
1881	1
1882	3
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	10
1897	14
1898	5
1899	8
1900	14
1901	2
1902	9
1903	22
1904	9
1905	19
1906	13
1907	11
1908	8
1909	9
1910	12
1911	17
1912	16
1913	24
1914	32
1915	30
1916	73
1917	45
1918	32
1919	25
1920	39
1921	66
1922	39
1923	262
1924	96
1925	145
1926	251
1927	376
1928	301
1929	106
1930	261
1931	167
1932	212
1933	244
1934	375
1935	87
1936	699
1937	296
1938	304
1939	750
1940	444
1941	954
1942	382
1943	603
1944	321
1945	751
1946	492
1947	328
1948	296
1949	292
1950	1,042
1951	582
1952	474
1953	218
1954	355
1955	469
1956	363
1957	374
1958	347
1959	392
1960	585
1961	579
1962	284
1963	665
1964	348
1965	1,584
1966	540
1967	1,396
1968	915
1969	601
1970	533
1971	405
1972	1,028
1973	716
1974	694
1975	614
1976	538
1977	684
1978	1,003
1979	894
1980	588
1981	570
1982	1,284
1983	1,225
1984	446
1985	731
1986	626
1987	933
1988	1,001
1989	1,147
1990	1,478
1991	706
1992	789
1993	1,683
1994	960
1995	833
1996	518
1997	1,024
1998	1,144
1999	1,051
2000	524
2001	841
2002	1,562
2003	1,425
2004	1,232
2005	1,178
2006	551
2007	1,330
2008	1,066
2009	776
2010	678
2011	993
2012	3,348
2013	783
2014	701
2015	943
2016	675
2017	1,183
2018	921
2019	666
2020	672
2021	562
2022	476
2023	890
2024	843
2025	728
2026	2,870

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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	513
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	2