Weather Records on 15 March 1923

134 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1923. Highest significance: Dubuque River, US.

Key Facts for 15 March 1923

On 15 March 1923, 134 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 131 daily.
Dubuque River set a daily record snowfall of 16.8 cm (6.6 in) on 15 March 1923.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

134 stations

134 station records on 15 March 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jimbour State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorin	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

134 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 70, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 15 March 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	70
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 15 March 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 131.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

114 broken records

Margins by which the 114 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 482.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1923

Top 20 records on 15 March 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1923	Dubuque River, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	14.3 cm (5.6 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1923	Marengo, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1923	Carlinville, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1923	Jimbour State School, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1923	Sparta 1 W, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1923	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1923	Madison Wb City, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1923	Portland, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1923	David City 4E, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1923	Oskaloosa, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1923	Washington, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1923	Mascoutah, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1923	Oskaloosa, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1923	St Louis Eads Brg, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1923	St John's, CA	daily low max	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	42 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1923	Independence, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1923	Sedan, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1923	Green Bay, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	25 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1923	Galva, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1923	Greenville, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	23 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1923. 1923 had 134 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 100	105
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1