Weather Records on 16 March 1931

98 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1931. Highest significance: Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU.

Key Facts for 16 March 1931

On 16 March 1931, 98 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 95 daily.
Gosford (Gertrude Place) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 307.8 mm (12.1 in) on 16 March 1931.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

98 stations

98 station records on 16 March 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	307.8 mm (12.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
New Angledool Telephone Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Millie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Mc Intosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble (Nardoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield Government Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gobindgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coatesville 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mirzapur	India	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	253.0 cm (99.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Szombathely	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jalalabad	India	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	68.0 cm (26.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lochinvar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tuddal	Norway	Record snow depth	104.0 cm (40.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.2 C (-15.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
The Overflow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Muktesar	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Aseral	Norway	Record snow depth	153.0 cm (60.2 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pallal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sakoli	India	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gangapur	India	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Blair	India	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bizerte Cap Blanc	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

98 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 55, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 16 March 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	55
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 16 March 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 95.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

85 broken records

Margins by which the 85 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 580.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1931

Top 20 records on 16 March 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1931	Gosford (Gertrude Place), AU	all-time rain	307.8 mm (12.1 in)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1931	New Angledool Telephone Office, AU	monthly rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1931	Millie, AU	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1931	Normanton Post Office, AU	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1931	Victoria Cp&L, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1931	Collarenebri (Albert St), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1931	Burenda, AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1931	Mendooran Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1931	Basel Binningen, CH	daily low min	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	13 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1931	Eagle Pass 3N, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1931	Barraba Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1931	Ft Mc Intosh, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1931	Wee Waa (George St), AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1931	Springwood Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1931	Sarita 7 E, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1931	Karumba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1931	Coonamble (Nardoo), AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1931	Springfield Government Tank, AU	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1931	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1931	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	49 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1931. 1931 had 98 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 100	82
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1