Weather Records on 16 March 1942

786 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1942. Highest significance: Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 16 March 1942

On 16 March 1942, 786 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
416 were record highs and 68 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 754 daily.
Harbor Beach 1 SSE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 61.2 mm (2.4 in) on 16 March 1942.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

786 stations

786 station records on 16 March 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roberts 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Magenta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
East Lansing Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rpf 180 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.1 C (-20.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Macomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ebrach	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	88.0 cm (34.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winona Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lapeer 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

786 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 183, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 233, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 255, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 16 March 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	183
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	233
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	255
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 16 March 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 32, daily 754.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

682 broken records

Margins by which the 682 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1942

Top 20 records on 16 March 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1942	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 March 1942	Springfield, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1942	Kalamazoo State Hospital, US	monthly rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1942	Ottawa 4SW, US	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1942	Joliet, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1942	Toronto, CA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1942	Garnett 1 E, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1942	Albion, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1942	Bay City, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1942	Table Rock 4N, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1942	Coldwater, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1942	Bloomington Normal, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1942	Griggsville, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1942	Roberts 3 N, US	monthly rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1942	Saguache, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1942	Watseka Public Works, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1942	Pawnee City, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1942	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1942	Gladwin, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1942	Magenta, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	39 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1942. 1942 had 786 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 50	659
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1