Weather Records on 15 March 1908

43 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1908. Highest significance: Goonoo Goonoo Station, AU.

Key Facts for 15 March 1908

On 15 March 1908, 43 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 42 daily.
Goonoo Goonoo Station set a monthly record daily precipitation of 83.6 mm (3.3 in) on 15 March 1908.
Across 160 earlier years (1810 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

43 stations

43 station records on 15 March 1908 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1908: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scone (Philip Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Sill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Warraweena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

43 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1908 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 18, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 March 1908 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	0
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	18
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 March 1908 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 42.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

36 broken records

Margins by which the 36 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 35.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1908

Top 20 records on 15 March 1908 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1908	Goonoo Goonoo Station, AU	monthly rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1908	Peterborough, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1908	Wingen (Murrulla), AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1908	Cassilis Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1908	Cassilis (Dalkeith), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1908	Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1908	Scone (Philip Street), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1908	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1908	Maitland West, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1908	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	37 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1908	Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1908	Washington, US	daily high max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	34 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1908	Wollongong Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1908	Stonecliffe, CA	daily high min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	29 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1908	Quebec, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	14 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1908	Boggabri (Ghoolendaadi), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1908	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily high max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	26 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1908	Freiburg, DE	daily snow depth	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	33 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1908	Concord, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1908	Montreal McGill, CA	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	29 years	13 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 1908

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1908. 1908 had 43 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	537
2019	859
2020	1,122
2021	912
2022	489
2023	766
2024	1,401
2025	1,163

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

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

Margin	Records
0 to 5	21
5 to 10	3
10 to 15	2
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	3
30 to 35	2
35 to 40	1