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Weather Records on 15 March 1859

3 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1859. Highest significance: Praha-Klementinum, CZ.

Key Facts for 15 March 1859

  • On 15 March 1859, 3 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
  • 3 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
  • By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 3 daily.
  • Praha-Klementinum set a daily record high minimum temperature of 8.9 C (48.0 F) on 15 March 1859.
  • Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

3 stations
Weather records on 15 March 1859 3 station records on 15 March 1859 are marked on the map, coloured by record type.
3 station records on 15 March 1859 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 15 March 1859: highest significance records shown on the map
StationCountryTypeValueSignificance
Praha-KlementinumCzech RepublicRecord high minimum temperature8.9 C (48.0 F)15 of 100 (Routine)
Jena SternwarteGermanyRecord high minimum temperature7.9 C (46.2 F)13 of 100 (Routine)
Jena SternwarteGermanyRecord high maximum temperature17.4 C (63.3 F)11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

3 records
Records on 15 March 1859 by type Records set or tied on 15 March 1859 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 2. 01122Highest daily maximum: 1Lowest daily maximum: 0Highest daily minimum: 2Lowest daily minimum: 0Heaviest daily rainfall: 0Heaviest daily snowfall: 0Deepest snow cover: 0Max highMax lowMin highMin lowRainSnowDepth
Records set or tied on 15 March 1859 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 2.
Records on 15 March 1859 by type
Record typeRecords
Highest daily maximum1
Lowest daily maximum0
Highest daily minimum2
Lowest daily minimum0
Heaviest daily rainfall0
Heaviest daily snowfall0
Deepest snow cover0
Records on 15 March 1859 by timescale Records on 15 March 1859 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 3. 0123all-time: 0monthly: 0daily: 3all-timemonthlydaily
Records on 15 March 1859 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 3.
Records on 15 March 1859 by timescale
TimescaleRecords
all-time0
monthly0
daily3

How Much Records Were Beaten By

3 broken records
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 15 March 1859 Margins by which the 3 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2.9. Ties are not counted. 011220.0 to 0.5: 00.5 to 1.0: 21.0 to 1.5: 01.5 to 2.0: 02.0 to 2.5: 02.5 to 3.0: 10.0 to 0.50.5 to 1.01.0 to 1.51.5 to 2.02.0 to 2.52.5 to 3.0
Margins by which the 3 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2.9. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 15 March 1859
MarginRecords
0.0 to 0.50
0.5 to 1.02
1.0 to 1.50
1.5 to 2.00
2.0 to 2.50
2.5 to 3.01

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1859
Top 3 records on 15 March 1859 by significance
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
15 March 1859Praha-Klementinum, CZdaily high min8.9 C (48.0 F)0.7 C (1.3 F)22 years15 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1859Jena Sternwarte, DEdaily high min7.9 C (46.2 F)0.8 C (1.4 F)30 years13 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1859Jena Sternwarte, DEdaily high max17.4 C (63.3 F)2.9 C (5.2 F)10 years11 of 100 (Routine)

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

1810 to 1859
Records on 03-15 in each year Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1859. 1859 had 3 records. 01,0002,0003,0004,0001810: 11813: 11825: 11826: 11828: 11835: 11836: 21839: 11840: 11845: 31846: 11850: 11852: 21854: 11859: 31863: 11867: 11869: 11878: 11882: 31883: 11884: 31886: 11887: 11888: 31889: 31890: 31891: 51892: 61893: 51894: 11895: 41896: 51898: 31899: 51900: 121901: 111902: 141903: 91904: 61905: 141906: 361907: 161908: 431909: 131910: 231911: 271912: 511913: 791914: 321915: 111916: 341917: 361918: 811919: 401920: 431921: 1401922: 391923: 1341924: 1451925: 721926: 1691927: 3321928: 1931929: 2671930: 2401931: 1221932: 6101933: 1671934: 2981935: 6171936: 2981937: 7111938: 5051939: 3361940: 3401941: 2591942: 3991943: 6391944: 6221945: 8951946: 9151947: 3741948: 1981949: 4091950: 2491951: 3341952: 3581953: 2981954: 3401955: 4191956: 5341957: 4851958: 4311959: 3481960: 9721961: 4301962: 5851963: 2971964: 4111965: 1741966: 8931967: 8311968: 5451969: 9331970: 5411971: 7721972: 8141973: 1,0741974: 4391975: 7131976: 2201977: 7871978: 5661979: 9971980: 5031981: 7991982: 9971983: 8441984: 6381985: 5191986: 7711987: 6871988: 1,5991989: 1,2211990: 2,2551991: 8521992: 1,1311993: 3,3531994: 1,4051995: 1,3721996: 7061997: 1,5001998: 8471999: 1,2692000: 4582001: 9302002: 1,3172003: 1,1572004: 1,0462005: 1,0992006: 6882007: 1,4202008: 9032009: 7442010: 6752011: 7302012: 2,2972013: 1,4862014: 3972015: 1,5732016: 9482017: 1,4972018: 5372019: 8592020: 1,1222021: 9122022: 4892023: 7662024: 1,4012025: 1,1631810186918991916193319501967198420012018
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1859. 1859 had 3 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 03-15 in each year
YearRecords
18101
18131
18251
18261
18281
18351
18362
18391
18401
18453
18461
18501
18522
18541
18593
18631
18671
18691
18781
18823
18831
18843
18861
18871
18883
18893
18903
18915
18926
18935
18941
18954
18965
18983
18995
190012
190111
190214
19039
19046
190514
190636
190716
190843
190913
191023
191127
191251
191379
191432
191511
191634
191736
191881
191940
192043
1921140
192239
1923134
1924145
192572
1926169
1927332
1928193
1929267
1930240
1931122
1932610
1933167
1934298
1935617
1936298
1937711
1938505
1939336
1940340
1941259
1942399
1943639
1944622
1945895
1946915
1947374
1948198
1949409
1950249
1951334
1952358
1953298
1954340
1955419
1956534
1957485
1958431
1959348
1960972
1961430
1962585
1963297
1964411
1965174
1966893
1967831
1968545
1969933
1970541
1971772
1972814
19731,074
1974439
1975713
1976220
1977787
1978566
1979997
1980503
1981799
1982997
1983844
1984638
1985519
1986771
1987687
19881,599
19891,221
19902,255
1991852
19921,131
19933,353
19941,405
19951,372
1996706
19971,500
1998847
19991,269
2000458
2001930
20021,317
20031,157
20041,046
20051,099
2006688
20071,420
2008903
2009744
2010675
2011730
20122,297
20131,486
2014397
20151,573
2016948
20171,497
2018537
2019859
20201,122
2021912
2022489
2023766
20241,401
20251,163

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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 2026-10-18 (18 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of . Last revised (2025-12-31).