Weather Records on 19 March 2002

1,600 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 2002. Highest significance: Innsbruck, AT.

Key Facts for 19 March 2002

On 19 March 2002, 1,600 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
685 were record highs and 276 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 102 monthly and 1,496 daily.
Innsbruck set a daily record precipitation of 45.4 mm (1.8 in) on 19 March 2002.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

1,600 stations

1,600 station records on 19 March 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tuskahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Halfway	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rosta	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
W Glacier	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lehigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Koror	Palau	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pforzheim-Eutingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Trent	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Boundary Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Freystadt-Oberndorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elida	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Schnarrenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	107.1 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Metzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Pinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baker	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fanshawe	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spiro	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rosenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rems-Murr-Kreis Winterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Talljarv_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chalk Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,600 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 365, Lowest daily maximum 166, Highest daily minimum 320, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 523, Heaviest daily snowfall 80, Deepest snow cover 36.

Records on 19 March 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	365
Lowest daily maximum	166
Highest daily minimum	320
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	523
Heaviest daily snowfall	80
Deepest snow cover	36

Records on 19 March 2002 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 102, daily 1,496.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,347 broken records

Margins by which the 1,347 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 241.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 2002

Top 20 records on 19 March 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 2002	Innsbruck, AT	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 March 2002	Sonora, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	99 years	68 of 100 (Major)
19 March 2002	Smithville, US	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
19 March 2002	Bonham 3NNE, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	99 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 March 2002	Honey Grove, US	monthly rain	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 March 2002	Tuskahoma, US	monthly rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2002	Halfway, US	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	18.1 cm (7.1 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2002	Denton 2 SE, US	daily rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2002	Rosta, SE	monthly rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	6 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2002	Subiaco, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2002	W Glacier, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2002	Lehigh 4 SW, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	107 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2002	Koror, PW	daily rain	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2002	Kingston 5 SSE, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2002	Bridgeport, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2002	Darrington Rs, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2002	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2002	Reit Im Winkl, DE	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2002	Mt Sterling, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2002	Gordon 6N, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	84 years	55 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2002. 2002 had 1,600 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 2002-03-19: 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	1,295
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	5