Weather Records on 15 March 1998

847 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 1998. Highest significance: Estancia 4N, US.

Key Facts for 15 March 1998

On 15 March 1998, 847 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
284 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 802 daily.
Estancia 4N set a daily record precipitation of 32.3 mm (1.3 in) on 15 March 1998.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

847 stations

847 station records on 15 March 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Lamoni	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ramon 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Albuquerque Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Pandale 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis 13 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kelly Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lenningen-Schopfloch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ekalaka	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Crowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Telegraph	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Amarillo	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Villanueva	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Conlen	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Strawn 8 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gascon	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burkett	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hornisgrinde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crossroads 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot Point Isl du Boi	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Machias	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Firth	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverhead R/S	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Venterstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greenview	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverhead R/S	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carnegie 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodruff	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberley Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chalk Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ozona	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grants AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

847 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 124, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 160, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 301, Heaviest daily snowfall 50, Deepest snow cover 51.

Records on 15 March 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	124
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	160
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	301
Heaviest daily snowfall	50
Deepest snow cover	51

Records on 15 March 1998 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 42, daily 802.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

680 broken records

Margins by which the 680 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 1998

Top 20 records on 15 March 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 1998	Estancia 4N, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	75 years	71 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1998	Lamoni, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	75 years	65 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1998	Pedernal 9 E, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1998	Ramon 8 SW, US	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1998	Hico, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1998	Albuquerque Intl AP, US	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1998	Pandale 1 N, US	monthly rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1998	Big Wells 2W, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 March 1998	Bell Ranch, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1998	Clovis 13 N, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1998	Waterloo, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1998	Kelly Rch, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1998	Lenningen-Schopfloch, DE	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1998	Capitan, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1998	Ekalaka, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	98 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1998	Mountainair, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1998	Odessa, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1998	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1998	Crowell, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 1998	Telegraph, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	51 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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1998. 1998 had 847 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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Data for records on 1998-03-15: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	628
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1