Weather Records on 18 March 2015

943 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 2015. Highest significance: Falfurrias, US.

Key Facts for 18 March 2015

On 18 March 2015, 943 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
672 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 921 daily.
Falfurrias set a daily record precipitation of 53.6 mm (2.1 in) on 18 March 2015.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

943 stations

943 station records on 18 March 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 March 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Hebbronville	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Izuhara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Falcon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kingsville Naas	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mudanjiang	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mathis 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tarifa	Spain	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tonghe	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Magnitogorsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crane	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Robstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calliham	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Freer	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fukue	Japan	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Choke Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leesville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Windy Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coles Bay (Freycinet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pasto/Antonio Narin	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fern Ridge-Veneta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Provo Byu	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wellingrove (Wangalea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 7 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vologda	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sarapul	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cordes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brusett 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

943 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 323, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 349, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 217, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 18 March 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	323
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	349
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 18 March 2015 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 921.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

786 broken records

Margins by which the 786 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 2015

Top 20 records on 18 March 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 2015	Falfurrias, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	100 years	78 of 100 (Major)
18 March 2015	Hebbronville, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	73 years	72 of 100 (Major)
18 March 2015	Izuhara, JP	monthly rain	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 years	70 of 100 (Major)
18 March 2015	Falcon Dam, US	monthly rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	69 of 100 (Major)
18 March 2015	Runge, US	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	73 years	63 of 100 (Major)
18 March 2015	Kingsville Naas, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	62 of 100 (Major)
18 March 2015	Bicheno (Council Depot), AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2015	Mudanjiang, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2015	Utah Lake Lehi, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	104 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2015	Parnu, EE	daily high max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	7.4 C (13.3 F)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2015	Mathis 4 SSW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2015	Tarifa, ES	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2015	Tonghe, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2015	Magnitogorsk, RU	daily high max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	9.1 C (16.4 F)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2015	Cuyamaca, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	108 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2015	Casa Grande Nm, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2015	Kingsville, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2015	Ft Valley, US	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	93 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2015	Keams Canyon, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	102 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2015	Mancos 1SW, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	108 years	46 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

1806 to 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2015. 2015 had 943 records.

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

Records on 03-18 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	1
1814	1
1831	1
1836	1
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1850	5
1853	2
1859	1
1863	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	3
1876	1
1881	1
1882	3
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	4
1890	3
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	2
1896	10
1897	14
1898	5
1899	8
1900	14
1901	2
1902	9
1903	22
1904	9
1905	19
1906	13
1907	11
1908	8
1909	9
1910	12
1911	17
1912	16
1913	24
1914	32
1915	30
1916	73
1917	45
1918	32
1919	25
1920	39
1921	66
1922	39
1923	262
1924	96
1925	145
1926	251
1927	376
1928	301
1929	106
1930	261
1931	167
1932	212
1933	244
1934	375
1935	87
1936	699
1937	296
1938	304
1939	750
1940	444
1941	954
1942	382
1943	603
1944	321
1945	751
1946	492
1947	328
1948	296
1949	292
1950	1,042
1951	582
1952	474
1953	218
1954	355
1955	469
1956	363
1957	374
1958	347
1959	392
1960	585
1961	579
1962	284
1963	665
1964	348
1965	1,584
1966	540
1967	1,396
1968	915
1969	601
1970	533
1971	405
1972	1,028
1973	716
1974	694
1975	614
1976	538
1977	684
1978	1,003
1979	894
1980	588
1981	570
1982	1,284
1983	1,225
1984	446
1985	731
1986	626
1987	933
1988	1,001
1989	1,147
1990	1,478
1991	706
1992	789
1993	1,683
1994	960
1995	833
1996	518
1997	1,024
1998	1,144
1999	1,051
2000	524
2001	841
2002	1,562
2003	1,425
2004	1,232
2005	1,178
2006	551
2007	1,330
2008	1,066
2009	776
2010	678
2011	993
2012	3,348
2013	783
2014	701
2015	943
2016	675
2017	1,183
2018	921
2019	666
2020	672
2021	562
2022	476
2023	890
2024	843
2025	728
2026	2,870

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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 25	753
25 to 50	21
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2