Weather Records on 15 March 1986

771 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1986. Highest significance: Liberty 1 NE, US.

Key Facts for 15 March 1986

On 15 March 1986, 771 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
190 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 731 daily.
Liberty 1 NE set a daily record precipitation of 68.3 mm (2.7 in) on 15 March 1986.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

771 stations

771 station records on 15 March 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton Depot	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Readsboro 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cobleskill	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Searsburg STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Purificacion (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arkville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vlakkloof Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Venice	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Hill Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dixville Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grahamsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Freeland	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Muddy Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Troy L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lindley 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport River	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shamokin	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
S Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Battenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Valley 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
West Burke	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
South Lyndeboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Candor 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs 12 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwater Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

771 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 389, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 15 March 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	389
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 15 March 1986 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 39, daily 731.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

646 broken records

Margins by which the 646 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 173.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1986

Top 20 records on 15 March 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1986	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1986	Gouldsboro, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1986	Vernon, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	85 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1986	Middletown 2 NW, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1986	Danville, US	monthly rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1986	Everett, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1986	Mapleton Depot, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1986	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1986	Readsboro 1 SE, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1986	Cobleskill, US	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1986	Searsburg STN, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1986	Villa Purificacion (Dge), MX	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1986	Lawrence, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1986	Arkville 2 W, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1986	Delhi 2 SE, US	monthly rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1986	Palmerton, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1986	Towanda 1 S, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1986	Vlakkloof Estate, ZA	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1986	Rangely 1E, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	90 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1986	Venice, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	45 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1986. 1986 had 771 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 25	590
25 to 50	35
50 to 75	12
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2