Weather Records on 23 March 2018

790 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 March 2018. Highest significance: Ruth, US.

Key Facts for 23 March 2018

On 23 March 2018, 790 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
322 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 762 daily.
Ruth set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 23 March 2018.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

790 stations

790 station records on 23 March 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 March 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ruth	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Walcha (Karori)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hatch	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Forbes River (Birdwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	225.4 mm (8.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tulihe	China	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Taylors Arm (Lemon Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Toorooka (Moparrabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Altenbern	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carson City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Long Flat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrowitch (Benditi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
New Park	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tia (Highrent)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wittitrin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	210.5 mm (8.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Manzini/Matsapa Air	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bison Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ittoqqortoormiit	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrowitch (Maretto)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tower	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cluny	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thumb Creek (Figtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.8 mm (5.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sexton Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Khlong Yai	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Craters of the Moon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Allison	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Telegraph Point (Farrawells Ro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Gap	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Havre AP ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Peck Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mahaulepu 941.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Noire	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Island Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

790 records

Records set or tied on 23 March 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 105, Highest daily minimum 170, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 233, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 65.

Records on 23 March 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	105
Highest daily minimum	170
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	233
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	65

Records on 23 March 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 28, daily 762.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

665 broken records

Margins by which the 665 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 March 2018

Top 20 records on 23 March 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 March 2018	Ruth, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2018	Walcha (Karori), AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2018	Hatch, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 March 2018	Forbes River (Birdwood), AU	monthly rain	225.4 mm (8.9 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2018	Vinton, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2018	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2018	Makaweli 965, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	91 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2018	Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P., AU	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2018	Tulihe, CN	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2018	Taylors Arm (Lemon Grove), AU	daily rain	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2018	Toorooka (Moparrabah), AU	daily rain	178.0 mm (7.0 in)	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2018	Altenbern, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2018	Carson City, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2018	Long Flat Post Office, AU	daily rain	134.0 mm (5.3 in)	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2018	Falls City 2 SSW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	118 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2018	Yarrowitch (Benditi), AU	monthly rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2018	Joplin, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2018	Silver Creek Falls, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2018	New Park, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 March 2018	Tia (Highrent), AU	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	49 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

1796 to 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2018. 2018 had 790 records.

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

Records on 03-23 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1808	1
1836	2
1837	2
1853	2
1858	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1868	2
1871	3
1874	2
1875	4
1877	2
1878	3
1879	1
1882	1
1883	6
1884	2
1885	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	1
1895	4
1896	13
1897	9
1898	6
1899	3
1901	5
1902	26
1903	32
1904	3
1905	16
1906	23
1907	53
1908	11
1909	7
1910	12
1911	8
1912	22
1913	76
1914	72
1915	11
1916	50
1917	65
1918	31
1919	17
1920	75
1921	10
1922	30
1923	97
1924	78
1925	164
1926	283
1927	202
1928	154
1929	517
1930	135
1931	267
1932	169
1933	123
1934	689
1935	486
1936	437
1937	243
1938	601
1939	565
1940	1,031
1941	188
1942	187
1943	286
1944	466
1945	386
1946	170
1947	275
1948	331
1949	390
1950	874
1951	337
1952	1,479
1953	589
1954	483
1955	999
1956	420
1957	354
1958	486
1959	249
1960	1,004
1961	361
1962	306
1963	839
1964	815
1965	1,537
1966	793
1967	822
1968	1,490
1969	634
1970	380
1971	758
1972	533
1973	537
1974	1,099
1975	618
1976	399
1977	642
1978	608
1979	1,012
1980	422
1981	940
1982	845
1983	1,522
1984	715
1985	437
1986	1,104
1987	1,279
1988	710
1989	805
1990	1,389
1991	1,264
1992	883
1993	1,151
1994	1,499
1995	1,514
1996	673
1997	743
1998	1,253
1999	722
2000	1,162
2001	995
2002	1,130
2003	971
2004	1,516
2005	1,014
2006	1,311
2007	1,595
2008	956
2009	952
2010	918
2011	1,245
2012	2,269
2013	1,270
2014	594
2015	577
2016	536
2017	739
2018	790
2019	525
2020	465
2021	1,050
2022	1,031
2023	1,135
2024	611
2025	702
2026	1,806

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	618
50 to 100	30
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1