Weather Records on 16 March 1940

230 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1940. Highest significance: Dinokana, ZA.

Key Facts for 16 March 1940

On 16 March 1940, 230 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 224 daily.
Dinokana set a monthly record daily precipitation of 89.7 mm (3.5 in) on 16 March 1940.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

230 stations

230 station records on 16 March 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dinokana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rooiberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roodekuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jaitanga Valley	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Providence Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.7 C (3.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sekoni	India	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pathalipam	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klipplaatdrift (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kulikuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.2 C (4.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Represa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Soltau	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record low minimum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kuturi	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Burpengary Ulmann Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

230 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 49, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 16 March 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	49
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 16 March 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 224.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

187 broken records

Margins by which the 187 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1940

Top 20 records on 16 March 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1940	Dinokana, ZA	monthly rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1940	Rooiberg, ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1940	Roodekuil, ZA	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1940	Jaitanga Valley, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1940	Rock Rapids, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1940	Simcoe, CA	daily low max	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	70 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1940	Toledo Blade, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	11 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1940	Spencer 1 N, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	42 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1940	Hillsdale, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1940	Claysville 3 W, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	34 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1940	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily low min	17.0 C (62.6 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	42 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1940	Poretskoye, RU	daily high max	7.1 C (44.8 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	46 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1940	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	57 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1940	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low max	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	51 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1940	Cadiz, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1940	Fort Macleod, CA	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1940	Providence Bay, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	39 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1940	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	daily low min	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	51 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1940	Liepaja, LV	daily low min	-15.7 C (3.7 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	15 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
16 March 1940	Lichtenburg, ZA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	22 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1940. 1940 had 230 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	180
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1