Weather Records on 19 March 1972

694 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1972. Highest significance: Uaua, BR.

Key Facts for 19 March 1972

On 19 March 1972, 694 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
505 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 682 daily.
Uaua set a daily record precipitation of 97.4 mm (3.8 in) on 19 March 1972.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

694 stations

694 station records on 19 March 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uaua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Krokodilbrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tsumeb - Pol	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Champagne (Naf)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Melo Peixoto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barra da Estiva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ico	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Petrolina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Contest	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Malelane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rustplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caruaru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salique (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mayfern	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pau Ferro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Joao Amaro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skukuza	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Verkykerskop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Patamute	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dechanabad	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palestina (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Swartkoppies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kalkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grangeville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marquard - Pol 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kestell (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Supai	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mbabane	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ituacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ebenhaezer	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Juazeiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Agua Branca (Imoroti)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jaguarari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Powell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle FAA AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kirrama Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aracatuba (Emsa)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

694 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 282, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 223, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 154, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 19 March 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	282
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	223
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	154
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 19 March 1972 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 682.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

568 broken records

Margins by which the 568 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1972

Top 20 records on 19 March 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1972	Uaua, BR	daily rain	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1972	Krokodilbrug, ZA	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1972	Tsumeb - Pol, NA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1972	Champagne (Naf), ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1972	Ponte Melo Peixoto, BR	daily rain	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1972	Barra da Estiva, BR	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1972	Ico, BR	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1972	Carmichael (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1972	Petrolina, BR	daily rain	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1972	Contest, ZA	monthly rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1972	Malelane, ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1972	Rustplaats, ZA	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1972	Caruaru, BR	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1972	Alkmaar, ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1972	Sterkfontein, ZA	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1972	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily high max	20.5 C (68.9 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	87 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1972	Salique (Bos), ZA	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1972	Mayfern, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1972	Pau Ferro, BR	daily rain	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1972	Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho), BR	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	36 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1972. 1972 had 694 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 20	526
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1