Weather Records on 19 March 1982

1,566 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1982. Highest significance: Mt Ayr, US.

Key Facts for 19 March 1982

On 19 March 1982, 1,566 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
638 were record highs and 164 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 92 monthly and 1,468 daily.
Mt Ayr set a monthly record daily precipitation of 88.4 mm (3.5 in) on 19 March 1982.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

1,566 stations

1,566 station records on 19 March 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Syracuse	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Denton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Busby	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Denton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Williams	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alexander	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bison	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
McCracken	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ankeny	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crow Agency	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Faith	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
John Day	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Loretta 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Scandia	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newton 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pretty Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,566 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 288, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 350, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 532, Heaviest daily snowfall 164, Deepest snow cover 68.

Records on 19 March 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	288
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	350
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	532
Heaviest daily snowfall	164
Deepest snow cover	68

Records on 19 March 1982 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 92, daily 1,468.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,256 broken records

Margins by which the 1,256 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1982

Top 20 records on 19 March 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1982	Mt Ayr, US	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	84 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 March 1982	Humboldt 3 W, US	monthly rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	73 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 March 1982	Syracuse, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1982	Pierre Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	79 years	72 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1982	Denton, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1982	Wheaton, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1982	Busby, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	69 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1982	Audubon, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1982	Clarinda, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1982	Denton, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	67 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1982	Mc Laughlin 2SW, US	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1982	Ganca, AZ	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1982	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1982	Williams, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	72 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1982	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1982	Jetmore, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1982	New England, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	83 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1982	Lamoni, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1982	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1982	Ukiah, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 years	57 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1982. 1982 had 1,566 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 1982-03-19: 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 2026-10-16 (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	1,135
50 to 100	56
100 to 150	38
150 to 200	17
200 to 250	6
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	2