Weather Records on 15 March 1930

240 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1930. Highest significance: Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals), AU.

Key Facts for 15 March 1930

On 15 March 1930, 240 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
117 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 238 daily.
Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals) set a daily record precipitation of 119.4 mm (4.7 in) on 15 March 1930.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

240 stations

240 station records on 15 March 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stroud Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Terrace (Kinross)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morpeth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Box Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.3 C (29.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weimar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yerevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muswellbrook (Lower Hill St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Sugor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

240 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 72, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 15 March 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	72
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 March 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 238.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

207 broken records

Margins by which the 207 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1930

Top 20 records on 15 March 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1930	Cockle Creek (Pasminco Metals), AU	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1930	El Cajon 2 E, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1930	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1930	Sierra Madre Henszey, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1930	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1930	Arthurville (Cramond), AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1930	New Smyrna Beach, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1930	Raymond Terrace Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1930	Stroud Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1930	Raymond Terrace (Kinross), AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1930	San Diego Wbo, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1930	Morpeth Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1930	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1930	Sheffield, GB	monthly rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1930	Santa Maria, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1930	Ocala, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1930	Box Cowell, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1930	Tahlee (Carrington (Church St), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1930	Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), GL	daily high min	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	50 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1930	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily high max	9.5 C (49.1 F)	7.1 C (12.8 F)	24 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1930. 1930 had 240 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 1930
Margin	Records
0 to 20	189
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1