Weather Records on 16 March 1936

321 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1936. Highest significance: Kallara, AU.

Key Facts for 16 March 1936

On 16 March 1936, 321 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
69 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 309 daily.
Kallara set a monthly record daily precipitation of 78.2 mm (3.1 in) on 16 March 1936.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

321 stations

321 station records on 16 March 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bowral Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Playfair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yarronvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Birregurra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murrawombi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kynnersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bierbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adavale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Merryanbone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Winchelsea (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	190.5 mm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	278.0 cm (109.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eulo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool Motors	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berea College	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lockhart Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Llanrheidol Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Bourke	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Burrabogie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dras	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eubank	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lottah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Westland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jindabyne West (Hiawatha)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Steam Plains 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

321 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 232, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 16 March 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	232
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 16 March 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 309.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

301 broken records

Margins by which the 301 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1936

Top 20 records on 16 March 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1936	Kallara, AU	monthly rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1936	Cobar (the Meadows), AU	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1936	Fairmont, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1936	Bowral Post Office, AU	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1936	Cowley Station, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1936	Cobargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1936	Mount Playfair, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1936	Yarronvale, AU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1936	Cobar (Lerida), AU	monthly rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1936	Prairie Post Office, AU	monthly rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1936	Torrens Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1936	Birregurra (Post Office), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1936	Dunlop, AU	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1936	Bayard, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1936	Murrawombi, AU	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1936	Mittagong (Beatrice Street), AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1936	Euabalong (Lachlan St), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1936	Beechal, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1936	Kynnersley, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1936	Pickens 1, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	35 of 100 (Notable)

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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1936. 1936 had 321 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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Data for records on 1936-03-16: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 200	297
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1