Weather Records on 16 March 1916

39 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1916. Highest significance: Newark Liberty Intl AP, US.

Key Facts for 16 March 1916

On 16 March 1916, 39 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 38 daily.
Newark Liberty Intl AP set a daily record low maximum temperature of -5.6 C (21.9 F) on 16 March 1916.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

39 stations

39 station records on 16 March 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Przhevalsk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Setauket Strong	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

39 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 6, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 16 March 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	6
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 March 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 38.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

32 broken records

Margins by which the 32 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1916

Top 20 records on 16 March 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1916	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	52 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1916	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low min	-37.8 C (-36.0 F)	12.8 C (23.0 F)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1916	Irkutsk, RU	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1916	Sheffield, GB	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1916	Przhevalsk, KG	monthly rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1916	Middletown 4 W, US	daily low max	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1916	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	37 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1916	Welland, CA	daily low min	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	30 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1916	Sydney, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	10 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1916	Arnsberg, DE	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1916	Gravenhurst, CA	daily low min	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1916	Vineland, US	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1916	Gorlitz, DE	daily high max	15.5 C (59.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	31 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1916	Plauen, DE	daily high max	16.2 C (61.2 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	33 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1916	Setauket Strong, US	daily low max	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	22 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1916	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily low max	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	18 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1916	Saint John, CA	daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	0.7 cm (0.3 in)	29 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1916	Nurnberg, DE	daily high max	18.4 C (65.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	31 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1916	Lindsay, CA	daily low min	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	30 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1916	Charlottetown, CA	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	20 years	12 of 100 (Routine)

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

1801 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1916. 1916 had 39 records.

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

Records on 03-16 in each year
Year	Records
1801	1
1822	1
1825	1
1828	1
1843	1
1845	4
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	1
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	3
1883	2
1884	6
1885	2
1886	2
1887	4
1888	4
1889	7
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	5
1895	5
1896	8
1897	2
1898	3
1899	5
1900	6
1901	8
1902	17
1904	7
1905	6
1906	13
1907	14
1908	33
1909	11
1910	18
1911	23
1912	19
1913	47
1914	42
1915	16
1916	39
1917	22
1918	40
1919	64
1920	56
1921	272
1922	19
1923	105
1924	70
1925	55
1926	117
1927	468
1928	208
1929	150
1930	391
1931	98
1932	337
1933	101
1934	283
1935	533
1936	321
1937	758
1938	537
1939	326
1940	230
1941	228
1942	786
1943	692
1944	410
1945	1,481
1946	1,341
1947	355
1948	482
1949	352
1950	388
1951	283
1952	584
1953	245
1954	259
1955	419
1956	802
1957	341
1958	409
1959	269
1960	955
1961	367
1962	376
1963	521
1964	172
1965	273
1966	1,204
1967	761
1968	656
1969	842
1970	670
1971	338
1972	817
1973	736
1974	622
1975	526
1976	486
1977	595
1978	719
1979	845
1980	557
1981	707
1982	1,211
1983	858
1984	617
1985	725
1986	549
1987	886
1988	1,331
1989	992
1990	2,159
1991	823
1992	1,013
1993	1,661
1994	959
1995	1,074
1996	732
1997	1,327
1998	1,193
1999	828
2000	709
2001	884
2002	1,096
2003	1,093
2004	1,367
2005	1,292
2006	717
2007	1,293
2008	899
2009	681
2010	630
2011	856
2012	2,749
2013	1,096
2014	631
2015	1,537
2016	972
2017	1,302
2018	540
2019	762
2020	659
2021	647
2022	432
2023	897
2024	814
2025	936
2026	1,412

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	28
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1