Weather Records on 15 March 1987

687 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1987. Highest significance: Eureka, US.

Key Facts for 15 March 1987

On 15 March 1987, 687 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
88 were record highs and 288 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 673 daily.
Eureka set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 15 March 1987.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

687 stations

687 station records on 15 March 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Center 4SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.1 cm (15.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Igarapava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	163.7 mm (6.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Eschwege	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record snow depth	89.0 cm (35.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Limassol	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Einbeck	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.1 C (1.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huejuquilla El Alto (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Antonio Escobedo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alldays	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vandergrift	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-8.1 C (17.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hatch	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hof (Stadt)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Methoni	Greece	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Posey 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goldfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gottingen	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Etne	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bismarck	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orly	France	Record low minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cedara	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

687 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 87, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 201, Heaviest daily rainfall 168, Heaviest daily snowfall 79, Deepest snow cover 64.

Records on 15 March 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	87
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	201
Heaviest daily rainfall	168
Heaviest daily snowfall	79
Deepest snow cover	64

Records on 15 March 1987 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 673.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

570 broken records

Margins by which the 570 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 290.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1987

Top 20 records on 15 March 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1987	Eureka, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	94 years	78 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1987	Austin #2, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1987	Center 4SE, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1987	Austin #2, US	daily snowfall	39.1 cm (15.4 in)	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1987	Igarapava, BR	monthly rain	163.7 mm (6.4 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1987	Eschwege, DE	daily snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1987	Dorado 2 WNW, PR	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1987	Antioch, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	74 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1987	Canfield 1 S, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1987	Red Cloud, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1987	Plauen, DE	daily low min	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1987	Sand I Ryfylke II, NO	all-time snow depth	89.0 cm (35.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1987	Steele 4N, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1987	Put-In-Bay, US	daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	69 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1987	Alton, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1987	Goldfield, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1987	Limassol, CY	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1987	Cottbus, DE	daily low min	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	97 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1987	Miller, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	69 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1987	Amiandos, CY	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	38 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1987. 1987 had 687 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	525
50 to 100	27
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	6
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1