Weather Records on 19 March 1977

684 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1977. Highest significance: Central City, US.

Key Facts for 19 March 1977

On 19 March 1977, 684 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
192 were record highs and 76 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 663 daily.
Central City set a daily record precipitation of 40.4 mm (1.6 in) on 19 March 1977.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

684 stations

684 station records on 19 March 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwick	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Upland 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bertrand	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
South Londonderry	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shelburne Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Mt 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petersham 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hope	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Long Is 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dansville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grangeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Dam 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Readsboro 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stephenville A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heath	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sucesso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashburnham	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hickman	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Martin	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sahty	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Martin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

684 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 272, Heaviest daily snowfall 139, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 19 March 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	272
Heaviest daily snowfall	139
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 19 March 1977 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 663.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

561 broken records

Margins by which the 561 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 208.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1977

Top 20 records on 19 March 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1977	Central City, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1977	Central City, US	monthly snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1977	Hardwick, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1977	Upland 2NE, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1977	Vernon, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	66 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1977	Grand Coteau, US	monthly high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1977	Bertrand, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1977	Keene, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1977	Windham 3 E, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1977	Newburyport, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1977	South Londonderry, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1977	Superior, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1977	Shelburne Falls, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1977	Federal Pt, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1977	Cambridge, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1977	Loup City, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1977	Westfield, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1977	Pleasant Mt 1 W, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1977	Norfolk 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1977	Ipswich, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	28 years	37 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1977. 1977 had 684 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 1977-03-19: 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	488
50 to 100	40
100 to 150	20
150 to 200	12
200 to 250	1