Weather Records on 15 March 1968

545 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1968. Highest significance: Niulii 179, US.

Key Facts for 15 March 1968

On 15 March 1968, 545 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 523 daily.
Niulii 179 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 117.6 mm (4.6 in) on 15 March 1968.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

545 stations

545 station records on 15 March 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Niulii 179	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Madakasira	India	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aul Turara Ryskulov	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kamuthi	India	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Catkal River	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paakea 350	United States	Record daily precipitation	348.0 mm (13.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ranibandh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tanakal(Tanakall)	India	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Furmanovo	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kanye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chayan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Verma	Norway	Record snow depth	156.0 cm (61.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rooipoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Achisaj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paia 406	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Queimadas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rietfontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Awini 182.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Westwold	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kapalama 773	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pskem	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Modderrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	-9.9 C (14.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bocaina (Fazenda Santa Clara)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jardim de Angicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Charvak	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bulsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Noenieput (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glenorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yandal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Balecove	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record snow depth	80.0 cm (31.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Reedsburg Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Olinda #1 332	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jati	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Virudhunagar	India	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kearneysville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Solon Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parambu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Peermade Residen	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

545 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 334, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 15 March 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	334
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 15 March 1968 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 18, daily 523.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

497 broken records

Margins by which the 497 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 360.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1968

Top 20 records on 15 March 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1968	Niulii 179, US	monthly rain	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1968	Kailua 446, US	daily rain	213.4 mm (8.4 in)	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1968	Madakasira, IN	monthly rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1968	Kohala 179.1, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1968	Kohala Mis 175.1, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1968	Aul Turara Ryskulov, KZ	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1968	Kamuthi, IN	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1968	Catkal River, KG	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1968	Paakea 350, US	daily rain	348.0 mm (13.7 in)	284.5 mm (11.2 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1968	Hawi 168, US	monthly rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1968	Swan River, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1968	Ranibandh, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1968	Tanakal(Tanakall), IN	monthly rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1968	Furmanovo, KZ	all-time rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1968	Gudur(Guduru), IN	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1968	Kanye, BW	all-time rain	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1968	Tomsk, RU	monthly high min	1.5 C (34.7 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	66 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1968	Chayan, KZ	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1968	Verma, NO	daily snow depth	156.0 cm (61.4 in)	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	66 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1968	Escanaba, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	58 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

1810 to 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1968. 1968 had 545 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	486
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1