Weather Records on 15 March 1982

997 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1982. Highest significance: Pokolbin (Ben Ean), AU.

Key Facts for 15 March 1982

On 15 March 1982, 997 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
394 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 982 daily.
Pokolbin (Ben Ean) set a daily record precipitation of 100.0 mm (3.9 in) on 15 March 1982.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

997 stations

997 station records on 15 March 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pokolbin (Ben Ean)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Koolau Dam 833	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Harb	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Snowville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Osawatomie	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manyberries Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Malad	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Turner	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Poway Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kochi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palhano	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	175.4 mm (6.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saragt	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Consul	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Foremost	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sunburst 8 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Drummond Aviation	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Missao Velha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ogden Sugar Factory	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mulbring (Vincent Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scandia	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Galata 16 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Suffield A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eromanga - Webber St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hiroshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lethbridge A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Daniels Harbour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Duncan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zalma 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Currawinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tagtabazar	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Capitan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Northway AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Krambach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Franco da Rocha (Hosp.Juqueri)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

997 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 280, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 456, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 15 March 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	280
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	456
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 15 March 1982 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 982.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

817 broken records

Margins by which the 817 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1982

Top 20 records on 15 March 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1982	Pokolbin (Ben Ean), AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	73 years	66 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1982	Maple Creek, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1982	Koolau Dam 833, US	daily rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1982	Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US	daily rain	170.7 mm (6.7 in)	117.4 mm (4.6 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1982	Oxford, GB	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	142 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1982	Harb, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1982	Snowville, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1982	Osawatomie, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1982	Manyberries Cda, CA	daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1982	Torungen Fyr, NO	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1982	Malad, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1982	Turner, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1982	Kaneohe Mauka 781, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1982	Poway Valley, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1982	Kochi, JP	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1982	Robertson (Caalong Street), AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1982	Palhano, BR	all-time rain	175.4 mm (6.9 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1982	Klintonel, CA	daily snowfall	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	7.3 cm (2.9 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1982	Saragt, TM	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1982	Dulce, US	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	43 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

1810 to 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1982. 1982 had 997 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	779
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2