Weather Records on 15 March 1961

430 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1961. Highest significance: Huntingdon, CA.

Key Facts for 15 March 1961

On 15 March 1961, 430 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
313 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 423 daily.
Huntingdon set a daily record snowfall of 17.8 cm (7.0 in) on 15 March 1961.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

430 stations

430 station records on 15 March 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stockdill Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Condeuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	20.4 C (68.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arachu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.3 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jaguaruana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Irara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Tucunduba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tacaratu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

430 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 199, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 85, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 15 March 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	199
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	85
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 15 March 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 423.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

326 broken records

Margins by which the 326 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1961

Top 20 records on 15 March 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1961	Huntingdon, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	90 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1961	Hollister 1 SW, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1961	Stockdill Rch, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1961	Sheffield, GB	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	76 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1961	Malvern, GB	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	55 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1961	Goldfield, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	55 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1961	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high min	5.2 C (41.4 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	78 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1961	Oxford, GB	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1961	Fort McPherson, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	65 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1961	Riva, IT	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	78 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1961	Condeuba, BR	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1961	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high min	5.7 C (42.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	78 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1961	Hvar, HR	daily high max	20.4 C (68.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	73 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1961	Bulken, NO	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1961	Cet Central England, GB	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1961	Armagh, GB	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1961	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	61 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1961	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily high min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	67 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1961	Farmington, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	58 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
15 March 1961	Tulita A, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	54 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1961. 1961 had 430 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 20	312
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1