Weather Records on 14 March 1979

668 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 1979. Highest significance: Giffard, AU.

Key Facts for 14 March 1979

On 14 March 1979, 668 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
249 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 656 daily.
Giffard set an all-time record daily precipitation of 165.1 mm (6.5 in) on 14 March 1979.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

668 stations

668 station records on 14 March 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Giffard	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Willigulli North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pearshape	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Howatharra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Harwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Currie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Flinders Island Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Balline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toulouse-Blagnac	France	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warroora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yambacoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Geraldton Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Barron (Franklin Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bourges	France	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lynton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alberton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mundaring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paupong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emita	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carrarang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Catus	France	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Southbourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milmocundin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Top Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boolathana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dargo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Hole	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edaggee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gnaraloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Binnu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montemorelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tropic	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ningaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ajana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Belo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sandsprings	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hebron Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

668 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 293, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 52.

Records on 14 March 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	293
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	52

Records on 14 March 1979 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 656.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

555 broken records

Margins by which the 555 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 331.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 1979

Top 20 records on 14 March 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 1979	Giffard, AU	all-time rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	71 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1979	Willigulli North, AU	monthly rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	67 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1979	Cape Barren Island (Cape Barre, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1979	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1979	Pearshape, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1979	Howatharra, AU	daily rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1979	Harwell, AU	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1979	Currie Post Office, AU	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1979	Flinders Island Airport, AU	monthly rain	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1979	Balline, AU	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1979	City of Melbourne Bay, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1979	Toulouse-Blagnac, FR	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1979	Warroora, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1979	Yambacoona, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1979	Geraldton Airport, AU	daily rain	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1979	Lady Barron (Franklin Parade), AU	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1979	Bourges, FR	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1979	Lynton, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1979	Cooma (Kiaora), AU	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1979	Alberton Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	45 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

1810 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1979. 1979 had 668 records.

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

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

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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 50	525
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1