Weather Records on 19 March 1986

768 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1986. Highest significance: Elk, US.

Key Facts for 19 March 1986

On 19 March 1986, 768 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
321 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 749 daily.
Elk set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 19 March 1986.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

768 stations

768 station records on 19 March 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elk	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Olinda #1 332	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Vaiden 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Falls 6 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rutland	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wausaukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Santo Angelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thomaston 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gemert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Butte	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	118.7 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tanabi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Onward	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vega de Alatorre	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow Rsvr Tomahawk	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sagaredzo	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow Rsvr Tomahawk	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bream Creek (Stroud)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ghost Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clintonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

768 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 188, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 292, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 19 March 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	188
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	292
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 19 March 1986 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 16, daily 749.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

630 broken records

Margins by which the 630 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1986

Top 20 records on 19 March 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1986	Elk, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	89 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1986	Shawano 2SSW, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1986	Jennings, US	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1986	Olinda #1 332, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 March 1986	Vaiden 1 SSW, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	90 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1986	Crystal Falls 6 NE, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1986	Ishpeming, US	all-time snow depth	147.3 cm (58.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1986	Rutland, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1986	Martinsville 2 SW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1986	Auburn, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	87 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1986	Minocqua, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1986	Wausaukee, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1986	Fazenda Santo Angelo, BR	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1986	Thomaston 4SE, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1986	Gemert, NL	monthly rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1986	Bergland Dam, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1986	Phelps, US	daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1986	Lakeview, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1986	Cedar Butte, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1986	Brule Island, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	44 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1986. 1986 had 768 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1986-03-19: 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	595
50 to 100	23
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1