Weather Records on 19 March 1983

1,483 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1983. Highest significance: Cochrane, CA.

Key Facts for 19 March 1983

On 19 March 1983, 1,483 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
520 were record highs and 143 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 1,452 daily.
Cochrane set an all-time record daily snowfall of 86.2 cm (33.9 in) on 19 March 1983.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

1,483 stations

1,483 station records on 19 March 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cochrane	Canada	Record daily snowfall	86.2 cm (33.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Nashville	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Munising	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bailey	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dynevor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Isa Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canistear Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canoe Brook	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stevenson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaque Raymond Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
S Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cordillo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Roseberth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Margaret	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morris Plains 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo 3ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Jetport	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cockaponset Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parker 6 E	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Adak AP	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.8 cm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barkhamsted	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shepaug Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Devoncourt Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Malbaie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wigwam Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kresgeville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McNary 2N	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Round Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Split Rock Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bellenbar (Fords Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,483 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 452, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 596, Heaviest daily snowfall 133, Deepest snow cover 91.

Records on 19 March 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	452
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	596
Heaviest daily snowfall	133
Deepest snow cover	91

Records on 19 March 1983 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 26, daily 1,452.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,291 broken records

Margins by which the 1,291 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1983

Top 20 records on 19 March 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1983	Cochrane, CA	all-time snowfall	86.2 cm (33.9 in)	42.3 cm (16.7 in)	12 years	70 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1983	Nashville, US	monthly rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1983	Munising, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1983	Lewiston, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1983	Munising, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1983	Black Lake, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1983	Keflavik, IS	monthly rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1983	Durham, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	83 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1983	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1983	Bailey, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1983	Dynevor Downs, AU	daily rain	117.0 mm (4.6 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1983	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1983	Burlington, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1983	Grand Marais 2 E, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1983	Haverhill, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1983	Mount Isa Mine, AU	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1983	Villa Cuauhtemoc, MX	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1983	Chatham Exp Fa, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	81 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1983	Canistear Rsvr, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1983	Canoe Brook, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	51 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1983. 1983 had 1,483 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 1983-03-19: 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 100	1,250
100 to 200	33
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	3