Weather Records on 15 March 1992

1,131 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1992. Highest significance: Kempten, DE.

Key Facts for 15 March 1992

On 15 March 1992, 1,131 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
517 were record highs and 311 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 1,111 daily.
Kempten set a daily record precipitation of 31.1 mm (1.2 in) on 15 March 1992.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

1,131 stations

1,131 station records on 15 March 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
New Norcia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Booylgoo Spring	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ora Banda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Noongall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oy-Mittelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Camm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Broadmeadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.4 mm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cogla Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nagasaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ida Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Phitsanulok/Sarit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miracatu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Magnet	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Graham Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tecoma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sturt Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Presidente Prudente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murrum Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Center 4 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mogumber Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ticuman	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsville	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pullagaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kumamoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atoyac	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leeupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Busby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Old Faithful	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,131 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 304, Lowest daily maximum 196, Highest daily minimum 213, Lowest daily minimum 115, Heaviest daily rainfall 236, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 15 March 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	304
Lowest daily maximum	196
Highest daily minimum	213
Lowest daily minimum	115
Heaviest daily rainfall	236
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 15 March 1992 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 1,111.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

908 broken records

Margins by which the 908 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1992

Top 20 records on 15 March 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1992	Kempten, DE	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	90 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1992	New Norcia, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1992	Booylgoo Spring, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1992	Ora Banda, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1992	Noongall, AU	monthly rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1992	Windsor, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1992	Oberstdorf, DE	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1992	Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1992	Oy-Mittelberg, DE	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1992	Lake Camm, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1992	Broadmeadows, AU	daily rain	228.4 mm (9.0 in)	214.4 mm (8.4 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1992	Cogla Downs, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1992	Nagasaki, JP	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1992	Griffiss AFB, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	98 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1992	Ida Valley, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1992	Salzburg, AT	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1992	Phitsanulok/Sarit, TH	monthly rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1992	Miracatu, BR	daily rain	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1992	Mount Magnet, AU	daily rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1992	Graham Rock, AU	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	41 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 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1992. 1992 had 1,131 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	897
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1