Weather Records on 15 March 1969

933 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1969. Highest significance: Spokane Intl AP, US.

Key Facts for 15 March 1969

On 15 March 1969, 933 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
45 were record highs and 240 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 880 daily.
Spokane Intl AP set a daily record snow depth of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 15 March 1969.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

933 stations

933 station records on 15 March 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Archer City 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Paulistana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tatum	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Serrinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Adaven	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Haddon Rig)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rita de Cassia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Follett	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jundah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Itagua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Irara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	119.8 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hollis 5E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Euclides da Cunha (Cumbe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Queimadas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Archer City 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Louth (Bloxham Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nacogdoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cobram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bonito (Ibiapora)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tucano	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gail	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Roby	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Callignee South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Antelope	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao Dos Palmares	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Window Rock 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Watonga	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

933 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 126, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 114, Heaviest daily rainfall 457, Heaviest daily snowfall 89, Deepest snow cover 102.

Records on 15 March 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	126
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	114
Heaviest daily rainfall	457
Heaviest daily snowfall	89
Deepest snow cover	102

Records on 15 March 1969 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 43, daily 880.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

823 broken records

Margins by which the 823 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1969

Top 20 records on 15 March 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1969	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	75 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1969	Archer City 2W, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1969	Paulistana, BR	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1969	Tatum, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1969	Serrinha, BR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1969	Roswell Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	15.4 cm (6.1 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1969	Adaven, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1969	Charlotte Plains, AU	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1969	Warren (Haddon Rig), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	81 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1969	Bottineau, US	daily snow depth	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1969	Stratford, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1969	Santa Rita de Cassia, BR	daily rain	98.2 mm (3.9 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1969	Micurinsk, RU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1969	Hobbs, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1969	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1969	Follett, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1969	Jundah Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1969	Itagua, BR	daily rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1969	Bierbank, AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1969	Irara, BR	daily rain	119.8 mm (4.7 in)	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	8 years	47 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1969. 1969 had 933 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 100	777
100 to 200	32
200 to 300	7
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	2