Weather Records on 16 March 1928

208 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1928. Highest significance: Burraga 2, AU.

Key Facts for 16 March 1928

On 16 March 1928, 208 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 206 daily.
Burraga 2 set a daily record precipitation of 54.6 mm (2.1 in) on 16 March 1928.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

208 stations

208 station records on 16 March 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burraga 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Golspie (Ayrston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Robeline	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Black Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Birdwood St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang (Goomgerah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gundaroo (Bairnsdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Methven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Berrebangalo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Noorinbee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burrawang (Range Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blackheath (Lawrence St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Narellan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

208 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 156, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 16 March 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 16 March 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 206.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

194 broken records

Margins by which the 194 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1928

Top 20 records on 16 March 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1928	Burraga 2, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1928	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1928	Crookwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1928	Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1928	O'Connell (Stratford), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1928	Walgett (Euroka), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1928	Taralga (Grathawai), AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1928	Mauzy, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	15 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1928	Parramatta, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1928	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1928	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1928	Golspie (Ayrston), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1928	Bringelly (Maryland), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1928	Michelago (Soglio), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1928	Robeline, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	3 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1928	Black Springs, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1928	Lithgow (Birdwood St), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1928	Bigga (Woolbrook), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1928	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1928	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	29 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1928. 1928 had 208 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	152
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3