Weather Records on 28 March 2019

457 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 2019. Highest significance: Ambo Station, AU.

Key Facts for 28 March 2019

On 28 March 2019, 457 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
260 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 435 daily.
Ambo Station set a daily record precipitation of 66.0 mm (2.6 in) on 28 March 2019.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

457 stations

457 station records on 28 March 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ambo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Ulcanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wilkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Toomba Stud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kurrajong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.6 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Willows Gemfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Winvic	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Karmoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carfax	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Essex	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Allambee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Belvedere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gibbs Rch - Jarbidge 24SE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shiptons Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.2 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jochmus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wiseman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mahrigong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maywin Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Playfair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leipikvattnet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tiree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bardal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Durrandella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mjolkbacken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Evelyn State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wainwright AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Strelka Chunja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fishtail	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Western Ag Rsch Ctr	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Peakvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Summer Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gundare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

457 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 162, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 140, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 28 March 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	162
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 28 March 2019 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 435.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

372 broken records

Margins by which the 372 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

28 March 2019

Top 20 records on 28 March 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 2019	Ambo Station, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	121 years	72 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2019	Ulcanbah, AU	daily rain	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2019	Mount Wilkin, AU	monthly rain	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2019	Toomba Stud, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2019	Gillespie, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	89 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2019	Kurrajong, AU	daily rain	136.6 mm (5.4 in)	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2019	Willows Gemfields, AU	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2019	Gue, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2019	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2019	Gulkana AP, US	monthly high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	104 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2019	Winvic, AU	monthly rain	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	6 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2019	Karmoo, AU	monthly rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2019	Susendal, NO	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2019	Makaweli 965, US	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2019	Carfax, AU	daily rain	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2019	Stanley, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2019	Essex, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2019	Allambee, AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2019	Gettysburg, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2019	Perola Park, AU	daily rain	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	89 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

1805 to 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2019. 2019 had 457 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-28 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1808	2
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1861	1
1862	3
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1870	1
1872	2
1876	2
1878	3
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1890	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	8
1902	25
1903	15
1904	9
1905	45
1906	14
1907	26
1908	11
1909	7
1910	38
1911	21
1912	23
1913	28
1914	46
1915	49
1916	36
1917	44
1918	20
1919	62
1920	55
1921	79
1922	44
1923	308
1924	153
1925	124
1926	222
1927	70
1928	266
1929	236
1930	209
1931	469
1932	459
1933	193
1934	480
1935	117
1936	362
1937	576
1938	396
1939	287
1940	319
1941	255
1942	417
1943	347
1944	994
1945	719
1946	838
1947	943
1948	172
1949	316
1950	377
1951	437
1952	313
1953	303
1954	534
1955	1,111
1956	473
1957	272
1958	371
1959	385
1960	555
1961	521
1962	636
1963	1,090
1964	433
1965	517
1966	584
1967	360
1968	703
1969	630
1970	848
1971	901
1972	447
1973	670
1974	614
1975	1,996
1976	486
1977	1,254
1978	687
1979	614
1980	1,014
1981	793
1982	1,186
1983	1,014
1984	898
1985	1,449
1986	1,394
1987	1,000
1988	546
1989	2,125
1990	916
1991	1,254
1992	789
1993	987
1994	1,201
1995	988
1996	1,269
1997	591
1998	1,719
1999	839
2000	648
2001	1,081
2002	987
2003	641
2004	1,062
2005	853
2006	730
2007	1,560
2008	924
2009	1,154
2010	559
2011	913
2012	781
2013	1,008
2014	885
2015	1,329
2016	547
2017	516
2018	799
2019	457
2020	879
2021	569
2022	1,260
2023	965
2024	334
2025	1,058
2026	1,442

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Data for records on 2019-03-28: 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	347
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3