Weather Records on 15 March 1920

43 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1920. Highest significance: Genoa, IT.

Key Facts for 15 March 1920

On 15 March 1920, 43 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 43 daily.
Genoa set a daily record precipitation of 59.0 mm (2.3 in) on 15 March 1920.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

43 stations

43 station records on 15 March 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Johnburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Moormurang the Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gudgenby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sale Mercury Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Clydebank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrabara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Brungle (Rosemount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Terowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

43 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 31, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 15 March 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	31
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 March 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 43.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

38 broken records

Margins by which the 38 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1920

Top 20 records on 15 March 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1920	Genoa, IT	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1920	Omeo Comparison, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1920	Grenfell, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1920	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	46 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1920	Thomas River (Sar), ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1920	Grenfell, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1920	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1920	Lakes Entrance Post Office, AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1920	Bairnsdale 1, AU	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1920	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily rain	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	18 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1920	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily rain	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	17 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1920	Johnburgh Post Office, AU	daily rain	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	35 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1920	Conargo (Willurah), AU	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	7 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1920	Moormurang the Ridge, AU	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	24 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1920	Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park), AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	23 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1920	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	22 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1920	Tomsk, RU	daily high min	-3.4 C (25.9 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	26 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1920	Belconnen (Weetangerra), AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	19 years	11 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1920	Carrieton, AU	daily rain	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	24 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1920	Bungendore (Douglas), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	3 years	10 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1920. 1920 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	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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	33
10 to 20	3
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1