Weather Records on 15 March 2008

903 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 2008. Highest significance: Chitradurga, IN.

Key Facts for 15 March 2008

On 15 March 2008, 903 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
599 were record highs and 105 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 865 daily.
Chitradurga set a daily record precipitation of 48.0 mm (1.9 in) on 15 March 2008.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

903 stations

903 station records on 15 March 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lyonshall	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shawbury	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lyneham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Keno	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Teocelo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Douglas AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kushiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nhill	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dilley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gogerddan	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hurn	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Norsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kingsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cleburne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ephraim	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tulun	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Royal Palm Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coalville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zonguldak	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alwen	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pearce - Sunsites	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Edisto Beach Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melnichnoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warsop	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tetonia Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ixcamilpa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Inga	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
McCall	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nixon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.3 C (106.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zlikha	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

903 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 425, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 174, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 145, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 15 March 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	425
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	174
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 15 March 2008 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 34, daily 865.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

704 broken records

Margins by which the 704 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 2008

Top 20 records on 15 March 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 2008	Chitradurga, IN	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	103 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
15 March 2008	Oxford, GB	monthly rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	91 years	71 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2008	Monte Vista 2W, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2008	Waddington, GB	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2008	Lyonshall, GB	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2008	Shawbury, GB	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2008	Lyneham, GB	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2008	Keno, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	78 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2008	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high max	28.5 C (83.3 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	103 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2008	Teocelo, MX	all-time high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	62 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2008	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	103 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2008	Brownsville, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	106 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2008	Charlotte Douglas AP, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2008	Kushiro, JP	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2008	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2008	Nhill, AU	daily high max	37.0 C (98.6 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2008	Meeker, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2008	Dilley, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2008	Walterboro 1 SW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2008	Bishop, US	monthly high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	62 years	39 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2008. 2008 had 903 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	684
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	4