Weather Records on 16 March 1943

692 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1943. Highest significance: Fergus Falls, US.

Key Facts for 16 March 1943

On 16 March 1943, 692 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
166 were record highs and 290 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 672 daily.
Fergus Falls set an all-time record daily snowfall of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 16 March 1943.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

692 stations

692 station records on 16 March 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Bremen	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record snow depth	200.0 cm (78.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Crosby	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salmon Arm	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Urbana Wrf	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Busby	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Crow Agency	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

692 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 163, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 127, Heaviest daily rainfall 181, Heaviest daily snowfall 38, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 16 March 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	163
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	127
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	38
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 16 March 1943 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 672.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

584 broken records

Margins by which the 584 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1943

Top 20 records on 16 March 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1943	Fergus Falls, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1943	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1943	Columbus, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1943	Grenfell, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1943	Edwardsville 2 W, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1943	Mayville, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1943	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1943	Greensburg, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1943	Portage la Prairie, CA	daily low max	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	17.7 C (31.9 F)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1943	Darlington Wwtp, US	monthly rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1943	Georgetown, CA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1943	Grand Forks UNIV (NWS), US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1943	Medford, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1943	Mt Vernon, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1943	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1943	Worland, US	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	14.5 C (26.1 F)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1943	Ninette, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	22 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1943	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1943	New Bremen, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1943	Tarnaby, SE	daily snow depth	200.0 cm (78.7 in)	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	48 years	34 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1943. 1943 had 692 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 1943-03-16: 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 50	554
50 to 100	17
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1