Weather Records on 19 March 2005

715 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 March 2005. Highest significance: Minnesota City Dam 5, US.

Key Facts for 19 March 2005

On 19 March 2005, 715 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
272 were record highs and 200 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 684 daily.
Minnesota City Dam 5 set a daily record snowfall of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 19 March 2005.
Across 167 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 451 records.

Record Map

715 stations

715 station records on 19 March 2005 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 March 2005: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minnesota City Dam 5	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Red Wing	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sot	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
La Crescent Dam 7	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin 2SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trempealeau Dam 6	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Waste Wtp Facility	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Preston	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wabasha	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alma Dam 4	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gogerddan	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lamberton SW Rsch & Outreach C	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Waste Wtp Facility	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Theilman 1SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily snowfall	42.2 cm (16.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	-0.2 C (31.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Titonka	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Colorines (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Owatonna	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willeroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St James Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sandia Park	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Concha	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Porsa II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winona Dam 5 A	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Villanueva	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cashton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Birr	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tifton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blair	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Necedah	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tummurrami	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

715 records

Records set or tied on 19 March 2005 by type: Highest daily maximum 151, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 121, Lowest daily minimum 121, Heaviest daily rainfall 154, Heaviest daily snowfall 63, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 19 March 2005 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	151
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	121
Lowest daily minimum	121
Heaviest daily rainfall	154
Heaviest daily snowfall	63
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 19 March 2005 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 24, daily 684.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

576 broken records

Margins by which the 576 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 March 2005

Top 20 records on 19 March 2005 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 March 2005	Minnesota City Dam 5, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 March 2005	Chester, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	92 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 March 2005	Coloso, PR	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	76 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2005	Red Wing, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2005	Milan, IT	daily high max	28.5 C (83.3 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	122 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2005	Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	34.3 cm (13.5 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2005	Mae Sot, TH	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2005	Oak Park, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2005	Blair, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2005	La Crescent Dam 7, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2005	Elgin 2SSW, US	daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	18.2 cm (7.2 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2005	Caledonia, US	monthly snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2005	Mather 3 NW, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2005	Trempealeau Dam 6, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2005	Austin Waste Wtp Facility, US	all-time snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2005	Waterville, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2005	Preston, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2005	Wabasha, US	all-time snowfall	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2005	Alma Dam 4, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
19 March 2005	Gogerddan, GB	daily high max	21.6 C (70.9 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	36 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 2005

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2005. 2005 had 715 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 2005-03-19: 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	534
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	2