Weather Records on 15 March 1964

411 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1964. Highest significance: Louisville, US.

Key Facts for 15 March 1964

On 15 March 1964, 411 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
62 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 398 daily.
Louisville set a daily record precipitation of 114.3 mm (4.5 in) on 15 March 1964.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

411 stations

411 station records on 15 March 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Senekal (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Edinburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tapoco	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blairsville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nantahala	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Ed & Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zitacuaro	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tweeling (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cornelia	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Evap	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ladysdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

411 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 252, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 15 March 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	252
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 15 March 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 398.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1964

Top 20 records on 15 March 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1964	Louisville, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1964	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1964	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	66 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1964	Macon 2 NE, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1964	Copperhill, US	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1964	Cordova 2 ENE, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	62 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1964	Cedartown, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1964	Senekal (Agr), ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1964	Decatur, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1964	Resaca, US	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1964	Hvar, HR	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1964	Edinburg, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1964	Batesville, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1964	Chickamauga 2 SW, US	daily rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	96.7 mm (3.8 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1964	Andrews, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1964	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1964	Tapoco, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1964	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1964	Southern Pines 2 W, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1964	Oneonta, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	44 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1964. 1964 had 411 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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Data for records on 1964-03-15: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	329
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1