Weather Records on 15 March 1994

1,405 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1994. Highest significance: Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE.

Key Facts for 15 March 1994

On 15 March 1994, 1,405 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
801 were record highs and 124 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 1,352 daily.
Leipzig-Holzhausen set a monthly record daily precipitation of 40.5 mm (1.6 in) on 15 March 1994.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

1,405 stations

1,405 station records on 15 March 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Kleve	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 7 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tete	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brilon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Floresville	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gera-Leumnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Querfurt-Muhle Lodersleben	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Essen-Bredeney	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bochum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paso de Molina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Znamianka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eindhoven-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mimoso Do Sul (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kassel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Abiquiu Dam	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port-Gentil	Gabon	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Borgentreich-Buhne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Borken In Westfalen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside - Lund 31S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Hosterwitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jourdanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Itaobim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Altgeringswalde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Sooden-Allendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presidio	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elgersburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jaumave (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eslohe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grebenhain-Herchenhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Herzberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Inselsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lippspringe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Frammersbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oravska Lesna	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Fernando	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,405 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 488, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 313, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 451, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 15 March 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	488
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	313
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	451
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 15 March 1994 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 51, daily 1,352.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,217 broken records

Margins by which the 1,217 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 1994

Top 20 records on 15 March 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1994	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	monthly rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	101 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1994	Leipzig-Schkeuditz, DE	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1994	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	67 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1994	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1994	Kleve, DE	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1994	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1994	Falls City 7 WSW, US	monthly rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1994	Tete, MZ	all-time rain	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1994	Brilon, DE	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1994	Floresville, US	monthly rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	74 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1994	Gera-Leumnitz, DE	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1994	Querfurt-Muhle Lodersleben, DE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1994	Essen-Bredeney, DE	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1994	Bochum, DE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1994	Paso de Molina, MX	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1994	Znamianka, UA	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1994	Wahlsburg-Lippoldsberg, DE	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1994	Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg, DE	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1994	Eindhoven-1, NL	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1994	Mimoso Do Sul (Dnos), BR	daily rain	95.4 mm (3.8 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	13 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1994. 1994 had 1,405 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	1,205
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1