Weather Records on 16 March 1919

64 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1919. Highest significance: Allegan 1, US.

Key Facts for 16 March 1919

On 16 March 1919, 64 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
15 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 63 daily.
Allegan 1 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 16 March 1919.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

64 stations

64 station records on 16 March 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Allegan 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hogsback (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottam	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
North Bruce	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

64 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 47.

Records on 16 March 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	47
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 March 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 63.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

57 broken records

Margins by which the 57 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 48.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1919

Top 20 records on 16 March 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1919	Allegan 1, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1919	Aurora, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1919	Katberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1919	Little Rock St Capitol, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1919	Malvern, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1919	Hogsback (Bos), ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1919	Peterborough, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1919	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1919	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1919	Pirie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1919	Aberdeen (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1919	Qacu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1919	Port Stanley, CA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	42 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1919	Guelph Oac, CA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1919	Vytegra, RU	daily rain	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1919	Haliburton A, CA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1919	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1919	Cottam, CA	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1919	North Bruce, CA	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1919	Georgetown, CA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	20 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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1919. 1919 had 64 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 16 March 1919
Margin	Records
0 to 10	36
10 to 20	15
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	3