Weather Records on 19 March 1981

667 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1981. Highest significance: Piranhas (Marechal Floriano), BR.

Key Facts for 19 March 1981

On 19 March 1981, 667 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
181 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 655 daily.
Piranhas (Marechal Floriano) set a daily record precipitation of 70.0 mm (2.8 in) on 19 March 1981.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

667 stations

667 station records on 19 March 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Piranhas (Marechal Floriano)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Represa Itatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	268.8 mm (10.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Queimadas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lac la Ronge	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pio IX (Patrocinio)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prilep	Macedonia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caninde de Sao Francisco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keimoes (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eau Claire 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Alexandre (Voturuna)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Hipolito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellery Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salinas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pineville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Itatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	191.6 mm (7.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pesqueira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mariupol'	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Assarai-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guna	India	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record snow depth	118.0 cm (46.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
King City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Big Sur STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Panelas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record snow depth	96.0 cm (37.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marshallville 1 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ubatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pismo Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Annette AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Caetano	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ribeira Do Pombal (Pombal)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Thornlea	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salem	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amarante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record snow depth	174.0 cm (68.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tappan Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Simplicio Mendes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santana Do Ipanema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield Locks	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Inhambupe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Pedro (Sao Pedro Do Acude)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atwood Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Philadelphia 1 A	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

667 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 93, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 94, Deepest snow cover 38.

Records on 19 March 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	93
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	94
Deepest snow cover	38

Records on 19 March 1981 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 655.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

580 broken records

Margins by which the 580 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1981

Top 20 records on 19 March 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1981	Piranhas (Marechal Floriano), BR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1981	Represa Itatinga, BR	daily rain	268.8 mm (10.6 in)	166.3 mm (6.5 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1981	Belgrade (Observatory), RS	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1981	Queimadas, BR	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1981	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1981	Lac la Ronge, CA	daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1981	Huntington Lake, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1981	Pio IX (Patrocinio), BR	monthly rain	175.8 mm (6.9 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1981	Prilep, MK	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1981	Caninde de Sao Francisco, BR	monthly rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1981	San Luis Obispo Poly, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1981	Keimoes (Pol), ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1981	Eau Claire 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1981	Pedro Alexandre (Voturuna), BR	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1981	Santo Hipolito, BR	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1981	Ellery Lake, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1981	Madera, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1981	Salinas Dam, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1981	Sotchi, RU	daily high max	22.7 C (72.9 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	76 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1981	Pineville, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	72 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1981. 1981 had 667 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	543
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1