Weather Records on 19 March 2004

1,655 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 2004. Highest significance: Neillsville 3ESE, US.

Key Facts for 19 March 2004

On 19 March 2004, 1,655 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,274 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 85 monthly and 1,569 daily.
Neillsville 3ESE set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 19 March 2004.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

1,655 stations

1,655 station records on 19 March 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
Middleboro	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	187.2 mm (7.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	215.0 mm (8.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
McDermitt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kanab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weipa Eastern Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mulgrave Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.0 mm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beltzville Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eumarella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Friant Government Camp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside - Lund 31S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Whyanbeel Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	246.4 mm (9.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shiptons Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	246.0 mm (9.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kadoka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luna Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Castlewood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fillmore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,655 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 707, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 567, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 285, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 19 March 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	707
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	567
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	285
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 19 March 2004 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 85, daily 1,569.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,321 broken records

Margins by which the 1,321 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 2004

Top 20 records on 19 March 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 2004	Neillsville 3ESE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	106 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 March 2004	Santo Domingo, MX	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 March 2004	Middleboro, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	98 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2004	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	187.2 mm (7.4 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	101 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2004	Paradise Valley 1 NW, US	monthly high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	109 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2004	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	215.0 mm (8.5 in)	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2004	Xochitlan Todos Santos, MX	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2004	Tooele, US	monthly high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	86 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2004	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	15.5 C (59.9 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	110 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2004	Fairmont, US	monthly high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2004	McDermitt, US	daily high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	88 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2004	Cottbus, DE	daily high min	10.7 C (51.3 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2004	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	105 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2004	Plauen, DE	daily high min	9.8 C (49.6 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2004	Chemnitz, DE	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	105 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2004	Virginia City, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	94 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2004	Kanab, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2004	Tooele, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	97 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2004	Moran 5WNW, US	monthly high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2004	Weipa Eastern Ave, AU	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	77 years	43 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2004. 2004 had 1,655 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 2004-03-19: 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	1,302
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1