Weather Records on 28 March 2015

1,329 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 March 2015. Highest significance: Ovre Sirdal, NO.

Key Facts for 28 March 2015

On 28 March 2015, 1,329 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
838 were record highs and 329 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 1,267 daily.
Ovre Sirdal set a daily record precipitation of 35.5 mm (1.4 in) on 28 March 2015.
Across 164 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

1,329 stations

1,329 station records on 28 March 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 March 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mangareva	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Afyon	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Seneca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Madras	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Doorawarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aomori	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Disposal	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poset	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Polson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seeley Lake Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Constanta	Romania	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hingham	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Axe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palmdale AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,329 records

Records set or tied on 28 March 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 572, Lowest daily maximum 249, Highest daily minimum 266, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 110, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 28 March 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	572
Lowest daily maximum	249
Highest daily minimum	266
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	110
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 28 March 2015 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 62, daily 1,267.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,027 broken records

Margins by which the 1,027 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 March 2015

Top 20 records on 28 March 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 March 2015	Ovre Sirdal, NO	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 March 2015	Mangareva, PF	daily rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2015	Calarasi, RO	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2015	Escalante, US	monthly high max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	105 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2015	Afyon, TR	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2015	Tonopah, US	monthly high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2015	Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Obs), MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	57 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2015	Manistique Wwtp, US	daily low max	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	113 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2015	Benton Harbor AP, US	daily low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	120 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2015	Kent, US	monthly high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2015	Fairmont, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2015	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily low max	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	115 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2015	Montague 4 NW, US	daily low max	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	105 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2015	Castle Dale, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2015	Colville, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	112 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2015	Hanford 1 S, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2015	Saint Johns, US	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	120 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2015	Jackson, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	93 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2015	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily low max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	110 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 March 2015	Fremont, US	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	104 years	42 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

1805 to 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2015. 2015 had 1,329 records.

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

Records on 03-28 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1808	2
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1861	1
1862	3
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1866	1
1867	2
1870	1
1872	2
1876	2
1878	3
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1887	2
1888	3
1890	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	2
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	8
1902	25
1903	15
1904	9
1905	45
1906	14
1907	26
1908	11
1909	7
1910	38
1911	21
1912	23
1913	28
1914	46
1915	49
1916	36
1917	44
1918	20
1919	62
1920	55
1921	79
1922	44
1923	308
1924	153
1925	124
1926	222
1927	70
1928	266
1929	236
1930	209
1931	469
1932	459
1933	193
1934	480
1935	117
1936	362
1937	576
1938	396
1939	287
1940	319
1941	255
1942	417
1943	347
1944	994
1945	719
1946	838
1947	943
1948	172
1949	316
1950	377
1951	437
1952	313
1953	303
1954	534
1955	1,111
1956	473
1957	272
1958	371
1959	385
1960	555
1961	521
1962	636
1963	1,090
1964	433
1965	517
1966	584
1967	360
1968	703
1969	630
1970	848
1971	901
1972	447
1973	670
1974	614
1975	1,996
1976	486
1977	1,254
1978	687
1979	614
1980	1,014
1981	793
1982	1,186
1983	1,014
1984	898
1985	1,449
1986	1,394
1987	1,000
1988	546
1989	2,125
1990	916
1991	1,254
1992	789
1993	987
1994	1,201
1995	988
1996	1,269
1997	591
1998	1,719
1999	839
2000	648
2001	1,081
2002	987
2003	641
2004	1,062
2005	853
2006	730
2007	1,560
2008	924
2009	1,154
2010	559
2011	913
2012	781
2013	1,008
2014	885
2015	1,329
2016	547
2017	516
2018	799
2019	457
2020	879
2021	569
2022	1,260
2023	965
2024	334
2025	1,058
2026	1,442

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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	1,014
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1