Weather Records on 15 March 1958

431 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1958. Highest significance: Kooline, AU.

Key Facts for 15 March 1958

On 15 March 1958, 431 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 418 daily.
Kooline set an all-time record daily precipitation of 168.1 mm (6.6 in) on 15 March 1958.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

431 stations

431 station records on 15 March 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kooline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Nanutarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	269.2 mm (10.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mangaroon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chandpur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Modesto AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chazy	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nicolet	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ramanathapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Challis	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.8 cm (12.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwell 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Le Grand	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cologne	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marrilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Thetford Mines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harvey Station	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Exmouth Gulf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gagetown 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Periakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Randfontein (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cawker City	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McAdam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vattaram	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Lin des Laurentides	Canada	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.9 cm (10.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Stewiacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waterford	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nicolet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

431 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 79, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 15 March 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	79
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 15 March 1958 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 418.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

374 broken records

Margins by which the 374 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1958

Top 20 records on 15 March 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1958	Kooline, AU	all-time rain	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	70 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1958	Nanutarra, AU	all-time rain	269.2 mm (10.6 in)	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	16 years	70 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1958	Culbertson, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1958	Mangaroon, AU	monthly rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1958	Moncton, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1958	Chandpur, IN	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1958	Winchendon, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1958	Nappan Cda, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1958	Modesto AP, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1958	McAdam, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1958	Chazy, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1958	Moncton, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1958	Saint John, CA	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	8.3 cm (3.3 in)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1958	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1958	Nicolet, CA	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1958	Ramanathapuram, IN	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1958	Challis, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1958	Greenville Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	32.8 cm (12.9 in)	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1958	Regensburg, DE	daily low min	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1958	Blackwell 1 W, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	33 years	38 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1958. 1958 had 431 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	311
50 to 100	37
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	9
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	2