Weather Records on 11 March 2018

479 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 March 2018. Highest significance: O'Neill, US.

Key Facts for 11 March 2018

On 11 March 2018, 479 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
270 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 473 daily.
O'Neill set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 11 March 2018.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

479 stations

479 station records on 11 March 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 March 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Hardin	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Choteau	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cape Mele	Italy	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Downing	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hysham	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saco 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brandenberg	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Havre AP ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nalut	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cloverdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sheridan Fld STN	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Archerfield Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Belltower	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Evansville Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Khudjand	Tajikistan	Record high minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Changchun	China	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tillabery	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	43.5 C (110.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nozovka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.7 C (-14.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chino Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Henshaw Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elkedra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Qitai	China	Record high maximum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pohnpei WSO	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ulgi	Mongolia	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Semjachik	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Toora-Hem	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Billingsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Port San Juan	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pirmasens	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kwajalein	Marshall Islands	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seventeen Seventy	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Teniente Alejandro Velasco As	Peru	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glazov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.6 C (-17.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mugur-Aksy	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead 9 NE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi Mahdi	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sarh	Chad	Record high maximum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Schwarzburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

479 records

Records set or tied on 11 March 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 144, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 129, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 11 March 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	144
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	129
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 11 March 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 473.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

418 broken records

Margins by which the 418 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

11 March 2018

Top 20 records on 11 March 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 March 2018	O'Neill, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	91 years	68 of 100 (Major)
11 March 2018	Hardin, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
11 March 2018	Choteau, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	85 years	61 of 100 (Major)
11 March 2018	Cape Mele, IT	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
11 March 2018	Dijon-Longvic, FR	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2018	Downing, US	daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	95 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2018	Laghouat, DZ	daily high min	14.5 C (58.1 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	128 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2018	Hysham, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2018	Embrun, FR	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2018	Conrad, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	65 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2018	Sonnette 7 SW, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2018	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	1.8 cm (0.7 in)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2018	Saco 1 NNW, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2018	Haines AP, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2018	Brandenberg, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2018	Havre AP ASOS, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2018	Nalut, LY	daily high max	31.0 C (87.8 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	81 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2018	Cloverdale, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	76 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2018	Belle Fourche, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 March 2018	Colstrip, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	85 years	37 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

1793 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2018. 2018 had 479 records.

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

Records on 03-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1810	3
1814	1
1822	1
1844	1
1845	2
1847	3
1849	1
1850	2
1854	3
1855	1
1858	3
1859	1
1860	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	5
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	8
1903	12
1904	7
1905	6
1906	38
1907	7
1908	10
1909	26
1910	19
1911	19
1912	19
1913	22
1914	25
1915	18
1916	29
1917	49
1918	58
1919	39
1920	15
1921	66
1922	42
1923	78
1924	265
1925	264
1926	134
1927	277
1928	119
1929	210
1930	105
1931	273
1932	1,123
1933	300
1934	764
1935	520
1936	356
1937	188
1938	120
1939	569
1940	417
1941	265
1942	225
1943	251
1944	304
1945	262
1946	461
1947	234
1948	2,148
1949	329
1950	671
1951	677
1952	804
1953	330
1954	489
1955	1,103
1956	964
1957	521
1958	441
1959	189
1960	1,115
1961	353
1962	674
1963	440
1964	296
1965	386
1966	539
1967	1,272
1968	519
1969	1,093
1970	389
1971	552
1972	1,320
1973	1,406
1974	956
1975	592
1976	375
1977	1,690
1978	579
1979	891
1980	472
1981	1,539
1982	807
1983	943
1984	743
1985	829
1986	747
1987	596
1988	1,176
1989	1,894
1990	2,496
1991	532
1992	1,083
1993	561
1994	689
1995	1,138
1996	1,339
1997	1,152
1998	2,609
1999	533
2000	1,199
2001	802
2002	736
2003	935
2004	826
2005	988
2006	1,590
2007	830
2008	816
2009	1,195
2010	966
2011	734
2012	868
2013	949
2014	556
2015	897
2016	1,249
2017	483
2018	479
2019	767
2020	605
2021	980
2022	1,203
2023	984
2024	424
2025	699
2026	1,580

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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	388
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	6
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1