Weather Records on 19 March 1974

577 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1974. Highest significance: Auburn, US.

Key Facts for 19 March 1974

On 19 March 1974, 577 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
238 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 567 daily.
Auburn set a daily record snowfall of 48.0 cm (18.9 in) on 19 March 1974.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

577 stations

577 station records on 19 March 1974 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1974: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Auburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cochetopa Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cafelandia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Otis 11 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Azul Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	132.4 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Novais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Piranhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wibaux 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albertvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jaborandi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkoenkrans (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Botafogo (Cpef)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mirassol	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Laranjal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Anastacio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	173.5 mm (6.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quata	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brady	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paakea 350	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Verde Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.5 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Jose Do Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Itajobi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ribeiro Dos Santos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Barreirinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Itaete (Iguacu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elliston	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pontal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Do Lobo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laranjal Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plevna	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cody	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ibitiuva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Colina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Itirapina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charqueada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

577 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1974 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 127, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 262, Heaviest daily snowfall 42, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 19 March 1974 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	127
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	262
Heaviest daily snowfall	42
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 19 March 1974 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 567.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

497 broken records

Margins by which the 497 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 328.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1974

Top 20 records on 19 March 1974 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1974	Auburn, US	daily snowfall	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	32.8 cm (12.9 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1974	Cochetopa Creek, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1974	Cafelandia, BR	daily rain	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1974	Otis 11 NE, US	monthly snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1974	Monte Azul Paulista, BR	daily rain	132.4 mm (5.2 in)	99.9 mm (3.9 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1974	Novais, BR	daily rain	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1974	Piranhas, BR	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1974	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1974	Burrundie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1974	Saint-Germain-Les-Belles, FR	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1974	Wibaux 2 E, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	78 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1974	Albertvale, ZA	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1974	Jaborandi, BR	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1974	Kalkoenkrans (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1974	Botafogo (Cpef), BR	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1974	Mirassol, BR	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1974	Yardley Chase, ZA	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	63 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1974	Marshmoor, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1974	Manoa 712.1, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1974	Auburn, US	monthly snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	58 years	35 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 1974

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1974. 1974 had 577 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 1974-03-19: 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	477
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1