Weather Records on 16 March 1944

410 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 March 1944. Highest significance: Dehri, IN.

Key Facts for 16 March 1944

On 16 March 1944, 410 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 404 daily.
Dehri set a monthly record daily precipitation of 43.7 mm (1.7 in) on 16 March 1944.
Across 162 earlier years (1801 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

410 stations

410 station records on 16 March 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 March 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dehri	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shahpura	India	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Deogaon Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Asifabad(Rev)	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Garhwa	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tulsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kheri	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Khaga	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Terrace	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chimur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pusad	India	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Canyon HQ	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nizamabad	India	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beerlaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Okay 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Nora (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Edna 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kunda	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Allahabad Chailk	India	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mau	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pratapgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salur	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springdale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

410 records

Records set or tied on 16 March 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 255, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 16 March 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	255
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 16 March 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 404.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

366 broken records

Margins by which the 366 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 March 1944

Top 20 records on 16 March 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 March 1944	Dehri, IN	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1944	Shahpura, IN	monthly rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1944	Deogaon Lalganj, IN	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1944	Danevang 1 W, US	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1944	Asifabad(Rev), IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1944	Alvin, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1944	Jardim, BR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1944	Roper River Police, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1944	Garhwa, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1944	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1944	Temple, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1944	Fredonia, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1944	Patan, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1944	Tulsa, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1944	Matagorda #2, US	daily rain	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1944	Kiev, UA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1944	Alfred, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1944	Ardmore, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1944	Kheri, IN	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
16 March 1944	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	36 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1801 to 1944. 1944 had 410 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 1944-03-16: 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 20	318
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	3