Weather Records on 15 March 1942

399 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1942. Highest significance: Mtn View 91, US.

Key Facts for 15 March 1942

On 15 March 1942, 399 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 388 daily.
Mtn View 91 set a daily record precipitation of 326.9 mm (12.9 in) on 15 March 1942.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

399 stations

399 station records on 15 March 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	326.9 mm (12.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tsomo (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pardelup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Avenel (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	87.0 cm (34.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Denmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low maximum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paravur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-34.5 C (-30.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-29.5 C (-21.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville D St Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-27.5 C (-17.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Knights Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nicolaus	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mohawk	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barham (Thule Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

399 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 61, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 15 March 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	61
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 15 March 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 388.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

302 broken records

Margins by which the 302 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 320.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1942

Top 20 records on 15 March 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1942	Mtn View 91, US	daily rain	326.9 mm (12.9 in)	280.4 mm (11.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1942	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1942	Aztec Ruins Nm, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1942	Olaa 92, US	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1942	Goderich, CA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	66 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1942	Blanding, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1942	Tsomo (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1942	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	72 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1942	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1942	Umea, SE	daily low max	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1942	Oracle, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1942	Kiev, UA	daily low min	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1942	Jerome, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1942	Pinal Rch, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	46 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1942	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1942	Fort Macleod, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1942	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1942	Pardelup, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1942	Avenel (Post Office), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1942	Namdalseid, NO	daily snow depth	87.0 cm (34.3 in)	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	41 years	31 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1942. 1942 had 399 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 50	281
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1