Weather Records on 15 March 1952

358 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1952. Highest significance: Okhimath, IN.

Key Facts for 15 March 1952

On 15 March 1952, 358 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 333 daily.
Okhimath set a monthly record daily precipitation of 133.4 mm (5.3 in) on 15 March 1952.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

358 stations

358 station records on 15 March 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Okhimath	India	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Minden	United States	Record daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rookwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sierraville Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pithapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hettinger	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Las Plumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Garhshankar	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Udhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Idria	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
West Branch	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tanda	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dudleys	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bonfim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sheohar	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bairgania	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Clara UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Westwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Harney Branch Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kilba	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marysville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Spreckels Hwy Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	210.8 cm (83.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodruff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

358 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 15 March 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 15 March 1952 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 333.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

318 broken records

Margins by which the 318 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1952

Top 20 records on 15 March 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1952	Okhimath, IN	monthly rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1952	Edgeley 3WNW, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1952	Minden, US	all-time snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1952	Tahoe City, US	daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	45.8 cm (18.0 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1952	Susanville 2SW, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1952	Fellsmere 7 SSW, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1952	Sierraville Rs, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1952	Rookwood, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1952	Centerville Ph, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1952	Carson City, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1952	Ojai, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1952	Kotkhai, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1952	Tahoe City, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1952	Plant City, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1952	Orland, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1952	Santa Rosa, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1952	Sierraville Rs, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1952	Pithapuram, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1952	Napa State Hospital, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1952	Parur, IN	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)

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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1952. 1952 had 358 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	303
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1