Weather Records on 16 March 1926

117 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1926. Highest significance: Dalby Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 16 March 1926

On 16 March 1926, 117 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 115 daily.
Dalby Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 74.2 mm (2.9 in) on 16 March 1926.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

117 stations

117 station records on 16 March 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Deepwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crows Nest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Normanstone Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pimlico	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goorimpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cooyar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bon Accord	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seven Oaks (Bellimbopinni)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongbar (Central Park Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quabathoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Esk Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Goondiwindi Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Wolston Park Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yandilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.7 C (25.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

117 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 59, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 March 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 March 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 115.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

92 broken records

Margins by which the 92 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1926

Top 20 records on 16 March 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1926	Dalby Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1926	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1926	Cudgen Plantation, AU	daily rain	160.8 mm (6.3 in)	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1926	Deepwater Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1926	Perm, RU	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1926	Crows Nest, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1926	Cumbalum (Fairview), AU	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1926	Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1926	Normanstone Well, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1926	Pimlico, AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1926	Goorimpa, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1926	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1926	Cooyar Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1926	Bon Accord, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1926	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1926	Warra Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1926	Seven Oaks (Bellimbopinni), AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1926	Karesuando, SE	monthly rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1926	Quesnel, CA	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1926	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	24 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1926. 1926 had 117 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 20	74
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1