Weather Records on 20 March 2015

521 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 March 2015. Highest significance: Tulihe, CN.

Key Facts for 20 March 2015

On 20 March 2015, 521 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
333 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 496 daily.
Tulihe set a monthly record daily precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 20 March 2015.
Across 166 earlier years (1808 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

521 stations

521 station records on 20 March 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 March 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tulihe	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Almeria/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	Spain	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.4 C (108.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde Lock 26	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Merida	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pecos Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Machias	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.3 C (108.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jfk Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wonga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Izana	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Boeing Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bora-Bora/Motu-Mute	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record high minimum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elwha Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yingkou	China	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mae Sariang	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	41.0 C (105.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norton W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.0 C (107.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Elliot Island	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Aero	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bollon Mary St	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.2 C (109.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Huajuapan de Leon (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Capitan Fap Guillermo Concha	Peru	Record low maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norton W	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Falls Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leo 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.6 C (112.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Surigao	Philippines	Record low minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cranford	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
In-Amenas	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wollogorang	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

521 records

Records set or tied on 20 March 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 195, Lowest daily maximum 40, Highest daily minimum 138, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 102, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 20 March 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	195
Lowest daily maximum	40
Highest daily minimum	138
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	102
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 20 March 2015 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 496.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

436 broken records

Margins by which the 436 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

20 March 2015

Top 20 records on 20 March 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 March 2015	Tulihe, CN	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2015	Almeria/Aeropuerto, ES	monthly rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2015	Cadiz, ES	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2015	Richmond Post Office, AU	monthly high max	42.4 C (108.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2015	Mountainair, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2015	Boulia Airport, AU	daily high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	125 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2015	Jerome, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	109 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2015	Auburn, US	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2015	Clyde Lock 26, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2015	Lemmon, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2015	Merida, VE	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2015	Tobolsk, RU	daily high max	7.4 C (45.3 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	113 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2015	Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2015	Ocala, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	116 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2015	Middleboro, US	daily low min	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2015	Milan 1NW, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2015	Trenton Falls, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	86 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2015	Boulia Airport, AU	daily high min	29.4 C (84.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	84 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2015	Pecos Nm, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 March 2015	Lima, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	80 years	38 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

1808 to 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1808 to 2015. 2015 had 521 records.

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

Records on 03-20 in each year
Year	Records
1808	3
1818	1
1822	2
1830	1
1834	1
1838	1
1845	1
1849	3
1850	1
1852	1
1853	1
1858	1
1862	1
1865	11
1866	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	2
1879	2
1881	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1886	2
1887	3
1888	5
1889	5
1890	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	8
1901	6
1902	13
1903	34
1904	12
1905	6
1906	16
1907	17
1908	4
1909	6
1910	20
1911	35
1912	12
1913	42
1914	51
1915	22
1916	46
1917	49
1918	40
1919	31
1920	52
1921	93
1922	49
1923	275
1924	76
1925	121
1926	103
1927	298
1928	258
1929	56
1930	86
1931	492
1932	117
1933	354
1934	243
1935	408
1936	245
1937	220
1938	394
1939	240
1940	486
1941	390
1942	325
1943	378
1944	611
1945	636
1946	435
1947	299
1948	697
1949	352
1950	367
1951	788
1952	589
1953	350
1954	303
1955	719
1956	527
1957	516
1958	467
1959	293
1960	594
1961	332
1962	363
1963	447
1964	525
1965	2,020
1966	367
1967	784
1968	819
1969	374
1970	912
1971	377
1972	635
1973	422
1974	755
1975	932
1976	989
1977	352
1978	863
1979	712
1980	458
1981	712
1982	1,189
1983	1,179
1984	775
1985	636
1986	666
1987	867
1988	1,044
1989	793
1990	1,496
1991	1,205
1992	654
1993	1,014
1994	1,040
1995	857
1996	1,147
1997	1,801
1998	963
1999	793
2000	894
2001	1,048
2002	1,698
2003	1,166
2004	1,701
2005	602
2006	1,353
2007	1,053
2008	993
2009	445
2010	1,264
2011	1,003
2012	3,051
2013	762
2014	800
2015	521
2016	450
2017	1,331
2018	587
2019	530
2020	1,006
2021	487
2022	667
2023	975
2024	520
2025	848
2026	3,126

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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	406
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	2
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1