Weather Records on 16 March 1929

150 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1929. Highest significance: Quitman 2 NW, US.

Key Facts for 16 March 1929

On 16 March 1929, 150 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 146 daily.
Quitman 2 NW set a daily record precipitation of 93.0 mm (3.7 in) on 16 March 1929.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

150 stations

150 station records on 16 March 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto Deer Park	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Millsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record daily precipitation	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.7 C (18.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.3 cm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Takoma Park # 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Condobolin (Ringwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

150 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 53, Heaviest daily snowfall 11.

Records on 16 March 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	53
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 March 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 146.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

120 broken records

Margins by which the 120 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 1929

Top 20 records on 16 March 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1929	Quitman 2 NW, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1929	Westminster, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1929	Toronto Deer Park, CA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1929	Bic, CA	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1929	Bic, CA	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1929	Alapaha Exp STN, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1929	Eutawville, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1929	Fulton, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1929	Tallahassee, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	31 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1929	Hermann, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1929	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1929	Weldon, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1929	Haliburton A, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1929	Quebec, CA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1929	Fayette, US	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1929	Lockport 2SE, US	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1929	Tasiilaq, GL	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	0.1 mm (0.00 in)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1929	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low min	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1929	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1929	Laurel 3 W, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	27 years	18 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1929. 1929 had 150 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	111
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2