Weather Records on 15 March 1906

36 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1906. Highest significance: Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU.

Key Facts for 15 March 1906

On 15 March 1906, 36 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 36 daily.
Moruya Heads Pilot Station set a daily record precipitation of 52.8 mm (2.1 in) on 15 March 1906.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

36 stations

36 station records on 15 March 1906 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1906: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kiandra Chalet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	2.0 cm (0.8 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

36 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1906 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 18, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 March 1906 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	18
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 March 1906 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 36.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

30 broken records

Margins by which the 30 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 40.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1906

Top 20 records on 15 March 1906 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1906	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1906	Portland Rfc City, US	daily low min	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1906	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	26 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1906	Clanwilliam (Pol), ZA	daily rain	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	35 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1906	Kiandra Chalet, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1906	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	13 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1906	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	6 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1906	Washington, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	5 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1906	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high max	14.2 C (57.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1906	Portland, US	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	13 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1906	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	26 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1906	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	19 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1906	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	31 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1906	Beatrice, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	25 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1906	Roermond, NL	daily rain	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	4 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1906	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	6 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1906	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	30 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1906	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	6 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1906	Escanaba, US	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	20 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1906	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	25 years	11 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 1906

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1906. 1906 had 36 records.

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

Records on 03-15 in each year
Year	Records
1810	1
1813	1
1825	1
1826	1
1828	1
1835	1
1836	2
1839	1
1840	1
1845	3
1846	1
1850	1
1852	2
1854	1
1859	3
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1878	1
1882	3
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	5
1892	6
1893	5
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1898	3
1899	5
1900	12
1901	11
1902	14
1903	9
1904	6
1905	14
1906	36
1907	16
1908	43
1909	13
1910	23
1911	27
1912	51
1913	79
1914	32
1915	11
1916	34
1917	36
1918	81
1919	40
1920	43
1921	140
1922	39
1923	134
1924	145
1925	72
1926	169
1927	332
1928	193
1929	267
1930	240
1931	122
1932	610
1933	167
1934	298
1935	617
1936	298
1937	711
1938	505
1939	336
1940	340
1941	259
1942	399
1943	639
1944	622
1945	895
1946	915
1947	374
1948	198
1949	409
1950	249
1951	334
1952	358
1953	298
1954	340
1955	419
1956	534
1957	485
1958	431
1959	348
1960	972
1961	430
1962	585
1963	297
1964	411
1965	174
1966	893
1967	831
1968	545
1969	933
1970	541
1971	772
1972	814
1973	1,074
1974	439
1975	713
1976	220
1977	787
1978	566
1979	997
1980	503
1981	799
1982	997
1983	844
1984	638
1985	519
1986	771
1987	687
1988	1,599
1989	1,221
1990	2,255
1991	852
1992	1,131
1993	3,353
1994	1,405
1995	1,372
1996	706
1997	1,500
1998	847
1999	1,269
2000	458
2001	930
2002	1,317
2003	1,157
2004	1,046
2005	1,099
2006	688
2007	1,420
2008	903
2009	744
2010	675
2011	730
2012	2,297
2013	1,486
2014	397
2015	1,573
2016	948
2017	1,497
2018	538
2019	861
2020	1,128
2021	916
2022	491
2023	768
2024	1,401
2025	1,162
2026	877

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 15 March 1906
Margin	Records
0 to 10	26
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1