Weather Records on 16 March 1935

533 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1935. Highest significance: Mount Surprise Township, AU.

Key Facts for 16 March 1935

On 16 March 1935, 533 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
384 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 529 daily.
Mount Surprise Township set a daily record precipitation of 68.8 mm (2.7 in) on 16 March 1935.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

533 stations

533 station records on 16 March 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Surprise Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Derby Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Veedersburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elmira	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Circleville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Noonkanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzroy Crossing Comp.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bay City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elmhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tolmie State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carapook (the Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

533 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 235, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 16 March 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	235
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 16 March 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 529.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

470 broken records

Margins by which the 470 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1935

Top 20 records on 16 March 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1935	Mount Surprise Township, AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1935	Derby Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1935	Broome Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1935	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1935	Cumberland Station, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1935	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1935	Daly Waters, AU	monthly rain	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	41 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1935	Haileybury, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1935	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low min	7.1 C (44.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	66 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1935	Montreal McGill, CA	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	56 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1935	Veedersburg, US	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1935	Woodstock, CA	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1935	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	63 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1935	Georgetown Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1935	Brantford, CA	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1935	Washington, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1935	Elmira, US	daily high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1935	Circleville, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1935	Upper Sandusky, US	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1935	Noonkanbah, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	25 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1935. 1935 had 533 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	453
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1