Weather Records on 15 March 2001

930 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 2001. Highest significance: Uman, UA.

Key Facts for 15 March 2001

On 15 March 2001, 930 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
423 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 918 daily.
Uman set a daily record precipitation of 29.4 mm (1.2 in) on 15 March 2001.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

930 stations

930 station records on 15 March 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mangsbodarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ardmore 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Upton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Harding 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.9 cm (16.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iroquois	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lecompton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albion 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sariang	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elm Springs 3 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deadwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wedgefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tonganoxie 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ware	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Negley 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warialda (Croppa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tantoyuca	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plattsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

930 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 190, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 233, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 353, Heaviest daily snowfall 55, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 15 March 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	190
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	233
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	353
Heaviest daily snowfall	55
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 15 March 2001 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 10, daily 918.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

785 broken records

Margins by which the 785 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 2001

Top 20 records on 15 March 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 2001	Uman, UA	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2001	Mangsbodarna, SE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2001	Ardmore 1 NW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2001	Fairfield, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2001	Upton, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	49 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2001	Harding 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2001	Lead, US	daily snowfall	40.9 cm (16.1 in)	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2001	Tepelmeme de Morelos, MX	all-time high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2001	Iroquois, US	daily snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2001	Deadwood, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2001	Ft Meade, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	99 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2001	Spearfish, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2001	Ft Madison, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2001	Oskaloosa, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	82 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2001	Morgan City, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2001	Gallatin 1W, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2001	Indian Lake 2SW, US	daily snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	100 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2001	Blackall Township, AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2001	Lecompton, US	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2001	Jasper, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	100 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2001. 2001 had 930 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	741
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1