Weather Records on 15 March 1948

198 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1948. Highest significance: Amta, IN.

Key Facts for 15 March 1948

On 15 March 1948, 198 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 28 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 191 daily.
Amta set a daily record precipitation of 85.1 mm (3.4 in) on 15 March 1948.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

198 stations

198 station records on 15 March 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Amta	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gopiballabhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bongaon	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
East Maitland Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arambagh	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Onda	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fenelon Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Panskura	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Baripada	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Midnapore	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kurseong	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Budge Budge	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Basirhat	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shorlakode	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bankura Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burdwan	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uluberia	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barabazar	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kareepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Del Monte	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gangajalghati	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manbazar	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Silda Belpahari	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gunningbar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Luz (Estacao)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bhagwanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hooghly	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marra Creek (Womboin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

198 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 15 March 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 15 March 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 191.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

166 broken records

Margins by which the 166 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1948

Top 20 records on 15 March 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1948	Amta, IN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1948	Krishnanagar, IN	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1948	Gopiballabhpur, IN	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1948	Haringhata, IN	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1948	Bongaon, IN	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1948	Haliburton A, CA	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1948	Hamilton, CA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1948	East Maitland Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1948	Arambagh, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1948	Mount Forest, CA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1948	Calcutta/Alipore, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1948	Onda, IN	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1948	Fenelon Falls, CA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1948	Panskura, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1948	Rapelje, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1948	Baripada, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1948	Midnapore, IN	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1948	Parry Sound, CA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1948	Kurseong, IN	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1948	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	28 years	34 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1948. 1948 had 198 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	146
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	2