Weather Records on 19 March 1976

882 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1976. Highest significance: Oliphantspoort, ZA.

Key Facts for 19 March 1976

On 19 March 1976, 882 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
421 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 853 daily.
Oliphantspoort set an all-time record daily precipitation of 153.4 mm (6.0 in) on 19 March 1976.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

882 stations

882 station records on 19 March 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oliphantspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Randfontein (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Twyfelspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Waterkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pilanesberg-Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Durban-Cowie Rd. Nursery	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	154.5 mm (6.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Premier Mine-Cullinan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Welbekend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jhb-Turffontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hex Krantz	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kareepoort (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Francis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Amatikulu(Mill)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dwarsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Verwoedburg-Mu"Lytteltn"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mungeranie (Cowarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boschkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Royal Golf Club	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vaalkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maraisburg (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rietfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Borns (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	132.5 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-New Cemetry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rosetown Cda Epf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Frasers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.7 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roodekop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arrabury Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrix	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Klipspruit (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Norwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koster (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Irene	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	135.0 cm (53.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Middelkop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-Burgerspark	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sharon Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yorkton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deloraine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	163.5 mm (6.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grootpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.7 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geluk (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

882 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 212, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 209, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 297, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 19 March 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	212
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	209
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	297
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 19 March 1976 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 23, daily 853.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

726 broken records

Margins by which the 726 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 590.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1976

Top 20 records on 19 March 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1976	Oliphantspoort, ZA	all-time rain	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	72 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1976	Grenfell, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1976	Randfontein (Gm), ZA	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	66 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1976	Twyfelspoort, ZA	monthly rain	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1976	Waterkloof, ZA	monthly rain	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1976	Pilanesberg-Pol, ZA	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	66 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1976	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1976	Durban-Cowie Rd. Nursery, ZA	monthly rain	154.5 mm (6.1 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1976	McKenzie Rvr Rs, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	73 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1976	Premier Mine-Cullinan, ZA	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1976	Welbekend, ZA	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1976	Jhb-Turffontein, ZA	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1976	Jhb-Braamfontein (Cem), ZA	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	66 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1976	Hex Krantz, ZA	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1976	Kareepoort (Irr), ZA	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1976	Francis, CA	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1976	Tasiilaq, GL	monthly rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1976	Gingindlovu, ZA	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1976	Strasbourg, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1976	Amatikulu(Mill), ZA	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	54 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1976. 1976 had 882 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 100	714
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1