Weather Records on 18 March 1965

1,584 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 1965. Highest significance: Bayfield 6 N, US.

Key Facts for 18 March 1965

On 18 March 1965, 1,584 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
44 were record highs and 1,127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 1,557 daily.
Bayfield 6 N set a daily record precipitation of 78.5 mm (3.1 in) on 18 March 1965.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

1,584 stations

1,584 station records on 18 March 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 March 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chaurai	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dhuti	India	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rock 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Goncalo Do Amarante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mzimba	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marinette	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta 5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heppner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kennewick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shottery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pilao Arcado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brillion	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Dam 23	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big St Germain Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Quiteria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walla Walla WSO City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,584 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 666, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 461, Heaviest daily rainfall 270, Heaviest daily snowfall 129, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 18 March 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	666
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	461
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	129
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 18 March 1965 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 25, daily 1,557.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,405 broken records

Margins by which the 1,405 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 1965

Top 20 records on 18 March 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 1965	Bayfield 6 N, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
18 March 1965	Mackinaw City 2, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	66 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1965	Ishpeming, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1965	Chatham Exp Fa, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1965	Lumberton, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1965	Gore Bay, CA	monthly snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1965	Chaurai, IN	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1965	Shawano 2SSW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1965	Dhuti, IN	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1965	Rock 1 E, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1965	Sao Goncalo Do Amarante, BR	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1965	Mzimba, MW	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1965	Ironwood, US	daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	19.9 cm (7.8 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1965	Chapel Hill 2 W, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1965	Batesburg, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1965	Siler City 2 N, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1965	Concord, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1965	Onaway 4N, US	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	19.5 cm (7.7 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1965	Bird Island, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 1965	Campbell, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	43 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1965. 1965 had 1,584 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 1965-03-18: 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	1,343
50 to 100	41
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	8
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1