Weather Records on 15 March 2020

1,128 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 March 2020. Highest significance: Tower Falls, US.

Key Facts for 15 March 2020

On 15 March 2020, 1,128 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
278 were record highs and 436 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 1,104 daily.
Tower Falls set an all-time record daily snowfall of 52.1 cm (20.5 in) on 15 March 2020.
Across 161 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

1,128 stations

1,128 station records on 15 March 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 March 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tower Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	52.1 cm (20.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Choteau	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Tower Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Maraza	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ed	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Downieville	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Lopatka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	42.4 cm (16.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rosa Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Uddevalla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sisters	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Millston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Soria	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Assiniboine	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bodallin South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gilroy	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Henan	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cabot	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Des Arc	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific House	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cohagen	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Komperod	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Antelope 6 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton Branch Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nangeenan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Logrono-Agoncillo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caliente	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,128 records

Records set or tied on 15 March 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 263, Highest daily minimum 186, Lowest daily minimum 173, Heaviest daily rainfall 300, Heaviest daily snowfall 85, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 15 March 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	263
Highest daily minimum	186
Lowest daily minimum	173
Heaviest daily rainfall	300
Heaviest daily snowfall	85
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 15 March 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 23, daily 1,104.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

983 broken records

Margins by which the 983 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 490.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 March 2020

Top 20 records on 15 March 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 March 2020	Tower Falls, US	all-time snowfall	52.1 cm (20.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 years	78 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2020	Moran 5WNW, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	75 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2020	Yellowstone Park Mammoth, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	120 years	73 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2020	Choteau, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	90 years	71 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2020	Tower Falls, US	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	64 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2020	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	49 years	62 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2020	Maraza, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2020	Ed, SE	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2020	Jackson, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 March 2020	Downieville, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2020	Mys Lopatka, RU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2020	Georgetown, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	103 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2020	Watsonville Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2020	Moran 5WNW, US	daily snowfall	42.4 cm (16.7 in)	32.2 cm (12.7 in)	23 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2020	Rosa Brook, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2020	Uddevalla, SE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2020	Coeur D'Alene, US	daily low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	121 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2020	Bloomington Wtr Wks, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2020	Jackson, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 March 2020	W Pt, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	120 years	52 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

1810 to 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 2020. 2020 had 1,128 records.

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

Records on 03-15 in each year
Year	Records
1810	1
1813	1
1825	1
1826	1
1828	1
1835	1
1836	2
1839	1
1840	1
1845	3
1846	1
1850	1
1852	2
1854	1
1859	3
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1878	1
1882	3
1883	1
1884	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	5
1892	6
1893	5
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1898	3
1899	5
1900	12
1901	11
1902	14
1903	9
1904	6
1905	14
1906	36
1907	16
1908	43
1909	13
1910	23
1911	27
1912	51
1913	79
1914	32
1915	11
1916	34
1917	36
1918	81
1919	40
1920	43
1921	140
1922	39
1923	134
1924	145
1925	72
1926	169
1927	332
1928	193
1929	267
1930	240
1931	122
1932	610
1933	167
1934	298
1935	617
1936	298
1937	711
1938	505
1939	336
1940	340
1941	259
1942	399
1943	639
1944	622
1945	895
1946	915
1947	374
1948	198
1949	409
1950	249
1951	334
1952	358
1953	298
1954	340
1955	419
1956	534
1957	485
1958	431
1959	348
1960	972
1961	430
1962	585
1963	297
1964	411
1965	174
1966	893
1967	831
1968	545
1969	933
1970	541
1971	772
1972	814
1973	1,074
1974	439
1975	713
1976	220
1977	787
1978	566
1979	997
1980	503
1981	799
1982	997
1983	844
1984	638
1985	519
1986	771
1987	687
1988	1,599
1989	1,221
1990	2,255
1991	852
1992	1,131
1993	3,353
1994	1,405
1995	1,372
1996	706
1997	1,500
1998	847
1999	1,269
2000	458
2001	930
2002	1,317
2003	1,157
2004	1,046
2005	1,099
2006	688
2007	1,420
2008	903
2009	744
2010	675
2011	730
2012	2,297
2013	1,486
2014	397
2015	1,573
2016	948
2017	1,497
2018	538
2019	861
2020	1,128
2021	916
2022	491
2023	768
2024	1,401
2025	1,162
2026	877

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 15 March 2020
Margin	Records
0 to 100	966
100 to 200	12
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1