Weather Records on 18 March 1964

348 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 1964. Highest significance: Birtle, CA.

Key Facts for 18 March 1964

On 18 March 1964, 348 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 340 daily.
Birtle set a daily record precipitation of 27.2 mm (1.1 in) on 18 March 1964.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

348 stations

348 station records on 18 March 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 March 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Birtle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Foremost	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nueva Rosita	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ceylon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Midale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamiota	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Weston	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brooks Ahrc	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valier	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morden Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Foremost	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Virden	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gretna (Aut)	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kyelong Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lustre 4 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Three Hills	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carway	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Avery Rs	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View Birdseye	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

348 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 130, Heaviest daily snowfall 80, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 18 March 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	80
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 18 March 1964 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 340.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

300 broken records

Margins by which the 300 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 247.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 1964

Top 20 records on 18 March 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 1964	Birtle, CA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1964	Birtle, CA	daily snowfall	27.2 cm (10.7 in)	24.7 cm (9.7 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1964	Monte Santo, BR	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1964	Foremost, CA	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	3 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1964	Crosby, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1964	Whitewood, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1964	Grindstone Island, CA	daily snowfall	35.8 cm (14.1 in)	19.5 cm (7.7 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1964	Grindstone Island, CA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1964	Hachita 1W, US	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1964	Caldwell, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1964	Caldwell, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1964	Nueva Rosita, MX	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1964	Lichtentanne, DE	daily low min	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	96 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1964	Ceylon, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1964	Midale, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1964	Wien, AT	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	85 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1964	Hamiota, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1964	Gorlitz, DE	daily low min	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	75 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1964	Aberdeen Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1964	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	60 years	35 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

1806 to 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1964. 1964 had 348 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-18 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	1
1814	1
1831	1
1836	1
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	5
1853	2
1859	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	3
1876	1
1881	1
1882	3
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	10
1897	14
1898	5
1899	8
1900	14
1901	2
1902	9
1903	22
1904	9
1905	19
1906	13
1907	11
1908	8
1909	9
1910	12
1911	17
1912	16
1913	24
1914	32
1915	30
1916	73
1917	45
1918	32
1919	25
1920	39
1921	66
1922	39
1923	262
1924	96
1925	145
1926	251
1927	376
1928	301
1929	106
1930	261
1931	167
1932	212
1933	244
1934	375
1935	87
1936	699
1937	296
1938	304
1939	750
1940	444
1941	954
1942	382
1943	603
1944	321
1945	751
1946	492
1947	328
1948	296
1949	292
1950	1,042
1951	582
1952	474
1953	218
1954	355
1955	469
1956	363
1957	374
1958	347
1959	392
1960	585
1961	579
1962	284
1963	665
1964	348
1965	1,584
1966	540
1967	1,396
1968	915
1969	601
1970	533
1971	405
1972	1,028
1973	716
1974	694
1975	614
1976	538
1977	684
1978	1,003
1979	894
1980	588
1981	570
1982	1,284
1983	1,225
1984	446
1985	731
1986	626
1987	933
1988	1,001
1989	1,147
1990	1,478
1991	706
1992	789
1993	1,683
1994	960
1995	833
1996	518
1997	1,024
1998	1,144
1999	1,051
2000	524
2001	841
2002	1,562
2003	1,425
2004	1,232
2005	1,178
2006	551
2007	1,330
2008	1,066
2009	776
2010	678
2011	993
2012	3,348
2013	783
2014	701
2015	943
2016	675
2017	1,183
2018	921
2019	666
2020	672
2021	562
2022	476
2023	890
2024	843
2025	728
2026	2,870

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Data for records on 1964-03-18: 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	260
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	13
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	3