Weather Records on 18 March 2006

551 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 March 2006. Highest significance: El Obeid, SD.

Key Facts for 18 March 2006

On 18 March 2006, 551 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
213 were record highs and 124 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 541 daily.
El Obeid set a daily record precipitation of 62.2 mm (2.4 in) on 18 March 2006.
Across 160 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

551 stations

551 station records on 18 March 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 March 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
El Obeid	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Neola	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Westmoreland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Paul 1ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley 11 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eden	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lehigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Annex Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alexander	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Villingen-Schwenningen	Germany	Record snow depth	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Temosachi (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ferris	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Angoon Pwr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Angoon Pwr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wrangell AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brande-Hornerkirchen	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tepelmeme de Morelos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bogota/Eldorado	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oberviechtach	Germany	Record snow depth	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier Bay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Auke Bay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kadoka	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Telegraph	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wollogorang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	200.6 mm (7.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grambek	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Porto	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adjuntas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burkett	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Benmara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.6 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mornington Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gibraltar	Gibraltar [United Kingdom]	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago Tlazala	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Auke Bay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Juneau AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gustavus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Unterluss	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

551 records

Records set or tied on 18 March 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 140, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 46.

Records on 18 March 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	46

Records on 18 March 2006 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 541.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

398 broken records

Margins by which the 398 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 480.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 March 2006

Top 20 records on 18 March 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 March 2006	El Obeid, SD	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2006	Neola, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2006	Westmoreland Station, AU	daily rain	208.0 mm (8.2 in)	143.6 mm (5.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2006	Paul 1ENE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2006	Water Valley 11 NNE, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2006	Eden, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2006	Ely AP, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	111 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2006	Lakeview, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2006	Lehigh 4 SW, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	111 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2006	Little Port Walter, US	daily low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	65 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2006	Texarkana Webb Fld, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	111 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2006	Annex Creek, US	daily low max	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2006	Oakley, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2006	Port Alexander, US	daily low max	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2006	Metten, DE	daily snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2006	Dubois, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	96 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2006	Hebgen Dam, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2006	Redstone, US	daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	53 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2006	Villingen-Schwenningen, DE	daily snow depth	67.0 cm (26.4 in)	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 March 2006	Temosachi (Obs), MX	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	39 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2006. 2006 had 551 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 100	383
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1