Weather Records on 16 March 2015

1,537 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 2015. Highest significance: Tonghe, CN.

Key Facts for 16 March 2015

On 16 March 2015, 1,537 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,361 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 91 monthly and 1,446 daily.
Tonghe set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 16 March 2015.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 458 records.

Record Map

1,537 stations

1,537 station records on 16 March 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tonghe	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Lucknow/Amausi	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hacienda Ylang Ylang Veracruz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Verde S.L.P.	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hungry Horse Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tepic (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chewelah	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Windy Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
E Glacier	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wasco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lisbon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chambers	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gwalior	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,537 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 827, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 534, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 100, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 16 March 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	827
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	534
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	100
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 16 March 2015 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 91, daily 1,446.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,279 broken records

Margins by which the 1,279 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 2015

Top 20 records on 16 March 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 2015	Tonghe, CN	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	72 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2015	Lucknow/Amausi, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 March 2015	Hacienda Ylang Ylang Veracruz, MX	monthly rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2015	Trenton Falls, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	86 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2015	Troy, US	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2015	St. Petersburg, RU	daily high max	12.6 C (54.7 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	96 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2015	Rio Verde S.L.P., MX	monthly rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2015	Santa Ana Fire STN, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2015	Hungry Horse Dam, US	monthly rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2015	Oelrichs, US	monthly high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2015	Tepic (Obs), MX	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2015	Lemon Cove, US	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	99 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2015	Hill City Muni AP, US	monthly high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	107 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2015	Greeley, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	106 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2015	Harrison, US	monthly high min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2015	Chewelah, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2015	Windy Harbour, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2015	E Glacier, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2015	Wood, US	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 2015	Douglas 1 SE, US	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	71 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

1801 to 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 2015. 2015 had 1,537 records.

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

Records on 03-16 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1822	1
1825	1
1828	1
1843	1
1845	4
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	3
1883	2
1884	6
1885	2
1886	2
1887	4
1888	4
1889	7
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	5
1895	5
1896	8
1897	2
1898	3
1899	5
1900	6
1901	8
1902	17
1904	7
1905	6
1906	13
1907	14
1908	33
1909	11
1910	18
1911	23
1912	19
1913	47
1914	42
1915	16
1916	39
1917	22
1918	40
1919	64
1920	56
1921	272
1922	19
1923	105
1924	70
1925	55
1926	117
1927	468
1928	208
1929	150
1930	391
1931	98
1932	337
1933	101
1934	283
1935	533
1936	321
1937	758
1938	537
1939	326
1940	230
1941	228
1942	786
1943	692
1944	410
1945	1,481
1946	1,341
1947	355
1948	482
1949	352
1950	388
1951	283
1952	584
1953	245
1954	259
1955	419
1956	802
1957	341
1958	409
1959	269
1960	955
1961	367
1962	376
1963	521
1964	172
1965	273
1966	1,204
1967	761
1968	656
1969	842
1970	670
1971	338
1972	817
1973	736
1974	622
1975	526
1976	486
1977	595
1978	719
1979	845
1980	557
1981	707
1982	1,211
1983	858
1984	617
1985	725
1986	549
1987	886
1988	1,331
1989	992
1990	2,159
1991	823
1992	1,013
1993	1,661
1994	959
1995	1,074
1996	732
1997	1,327
1998	1,193
1999	828
2000	709
2001	884
2002	1,096
2003	1,093
2004	1,367
2005	1,292
2006	717
2007	1,293
2008	899
2009	681
2010	630
2011	856
2012	2,749
2013	1,096
2014	631
2015	1,537
2016	972
2017	1,302
2018	540
2019	762
2020	659
2021	647
2022	432
2023	897
2024	814
2025	936
2026	1,412

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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	1,267
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1