Weather Records on 14 March 2015

1,224 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 2015. Highest significance: Shoals 8 S, US.

Key Facts for 14 March 2015

On 14 March 2015, 1,224 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
834 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 1,161 daily.
Shoals 8 S set a daily record precipitation of 92.7 mm (3.6 in) on 14 March 2015.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

1,224 stations

1,224 station records on 14 March 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Denham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
Coffs Harbour Mo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pindar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tawarri West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nindethana Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Changchun	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Robinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wandana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shepherdsville 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Salinas AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Conconully	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Naraling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois Srn In Forage Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Camarillo AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
De Sabla	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Byron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hannam Vale (Hannam Vale Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
N Is NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville McAlpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oneida	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mullan Pass Vor/Dme	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Useless Loop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newburgh L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Piketon	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,224 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 404, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 430, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 344, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 14 March 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	404
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	430
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	344
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 14 March 2015 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 59, daily 1,161.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,037 broken records

Margins by which the 1,037 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 2015

Top 20 records on 14 March 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 2015	Shoals 8 S, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	101 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
14 March 2015	Denham, AU	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2015	Chula Vista, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 March 2015	Coffs Harbour Mo, AU	daily rain	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2015	Hardy, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	102 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2015	Pindar, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2015	Williams 3 SW, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2015	Tawarri West, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2015	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	106 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2015	Nindethana Farm, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2015	Changchun, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2015	Weaverville, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	100 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2015	Robinson, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	118 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2015	Wandana, AU	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	68.7 mm (2.7 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2015	Cuyamaca, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	98 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2015	Bedford 4 SW, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2015	Paoli, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2015	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	100 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2015	Shepherdsville 5NE, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 2015	Drain, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	106 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2015. 2015 had 1,224 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

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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	1,021
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1