Weather Records on 19 March 1989

782 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 1989. Highest significance: Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 19 March 1989

On 19 March 1989, 782 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
390 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 770 daily.
Sandy Cape Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 129.8 mm (5.1 in) on 19 March 1989.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

782 stations

782 station records on 19 March 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone (Carwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Colony	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pariquera-Acu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	231.0 mm (9.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Clayton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cut Bank AP	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Nova Niagara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	120.5 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Galia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wheatlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone (Sandy Camp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Derby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Witchelina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nephi	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wamuran	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Euleilah Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roundup	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Watalgan Winfield Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Francisco da Corredeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record low maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago Papasquiaro (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sakon Nakhon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Wx	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moctezuma	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yerington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stambaugh 2SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hinckley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewater	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pocatello Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Elliot Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quambone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gondar	Ethiopia	Record low minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ostuta	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

782 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 193, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 197, Lowest daily minimum 107, Heaviest daily rainfall 190, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 42.

Records on 19 March 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	193
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	197
Lowest daily minimum	107
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	42

Records on 19 March 1989 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 770.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

633 broken records

Margins by which the 633 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 460.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 1989

Top 20 records on 19 March 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 1989	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	90 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1989	Quambone (Carwell), AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	95 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1989	Colony, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1989	Pariquera-Acu, BR	monthly rain	231.0 mm (9.1 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	6 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1989	Marree (Clayton), AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1989	Cut Bank AP, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1989	Fazenda Nova Niagara, BR	daily rain	120.5 mm (4.7 in)	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1989	Galia, BR	daily rain	112.2 mm (4.4 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1989	Wheatlands, ZA	monthly rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1989	Quambone (Sandy Camp), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	101 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1989	Derby Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1989	Marree (Witchelina), AU	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1989	Nephi, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	83 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1989	Wamuran, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1989	Cassilis (Dalkeith), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1989	Storrs, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1989	Euleilah Creek, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1989	Kon-Kolodez, RU	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1989	Timovskoe, RU	daily high max	5.9 C (42.6 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 1989	Rockford, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	39 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 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 1989. 1989 had 782 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 1989-03-19: 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	621
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1