Weather Records on 15 March 2010

675 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 2010. Highest significance: Vladivostok, RU.

Key Facts for 15 March 2010

On 15 March 2010, 675 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
306 were record highs and 163 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 652 daily.
Vladivostok set a daily record precipitation of 41.2 mm (1.6 in) on 15 March 2010.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

675 stations

675 station records on 15 March 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lanihau 68.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Abiquiu Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Poset	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ghost Rch	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kassler	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Labasa Airport	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ghost Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenland	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ameca	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dandong	China	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Lcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Rito	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jamaica Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boston	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bjorheim I Ryfylke	Norway	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Epping	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wejh	Saudi Arabia	Record high maximum temperature	35.8 C (96.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deir Zzor	Syria	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dilia	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Panguitch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beer Sheva	Israel	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	Syria	Record high maximum temperature	34.7 C (94.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ashburnham	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norton W	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
N Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koongawa (Retawon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prentice #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hanscom Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Linjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kermanshah	Iran	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Borinquen AP	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

675 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 162, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 162, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 15 March 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	162
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	162
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 15 March 2010 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 652.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

510 broken records

Margins by which the 510 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 2010

Top 20 records on 15 March 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 2010	Vladivostok, RU	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2010	Lanihau 68.2, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2010	Brockton, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2010	Newburyport, US	monthly rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	60 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2010	Abiquiu Dam, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	4 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2010	Poset, RU	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2010	Sulak, RU	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2010	Middleton, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2010	Ghost Rch, US	monthly snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2010	Hingham, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2010	Kassler, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2010	Labasa Airport, FJ	daily rain	162.0 mm (6.4 in)	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2010	Ghost Rch, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2010	Mt Washington, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2010	Greenland, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2010	Cleve, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2010	Ameca, MX	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	87 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2010	Charlevoix, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2010	Dandong, CN	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2010	Blue Hill Lcd, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	43 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 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2010. 2010 had 675 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	479
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2